79 Sewell Street — Streets of East Freo

ARCHITECTURE

Late Victorian / Federation, Domestic Carpenter

No. 79 (previously was no. 161) Sewell street is a single story cottage constructed in timber framing and weatherboard cladding walls with a hipped corrugated iron roof. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a central door and hopper light flanked by sidelights and double hung sash windows. The facade features a full width skillion roofed verandah supported on timber posts. The roof features a large capped chimney stack.

HISTORY

1903 Birth on February 20, at ‘'Thelma’, Sewell-street, East Fremantle, the wife of G. McClure of a son. (reference)
1906 Birth on the 11th July, at "Thelma" Sewell-street, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. G. McClure—a daughter. (reference)
1907 Good home offered elderly person, small remuneration in return for light services. Apply Mrs. G. McClure, 161 Sewell-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1910 Birth on the 19th March, at "Thelma," Sewell-street, East Fremantle, the wife of G. McClure—a daughter. (reference)
1910 For rent. A Model Home, 4 rooms, all papered, bathroom, pantry, washhouse, workshop, large garden and yard. Apply 161 Sewell-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1911 Cocoanut (sic) Pudding. Ingredients: Two slices of stale bread, 1 pint of milk, 1oz. butter, 2 eggs, 2oz. desiccated cocoanut. Method: Butter the bread, cut into small square pieces and fill up a piedish with alternate layers of bread and butter and cocoanut. Keep back about a teaspoonful of cocoanut and color it pale pink with one or two drops of carmin or cochineal. Beat the yolks of the eggs, add the milk, pour over the ingredients in the piedish, and bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes. Whisk the whites of the eggs to a very stiff froth, pile it on the pudding, replace it in the oven for a few minutes to set, then sprinkle it with the pink cocoanut.— Mrs. Bentick 161 Sewell-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1913 Death on February 26, at Fremantle Hospital (as the result of an accident), George Thomas, the beloved eldest son of George and Sarah Bentick, of 161 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, aged 29 years. (reference)
1915 Western Australian Casualties. Mrs. J. B. Scott, of 161 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, has received cable information that her husband, Major J. B. Scott, of the 10th Light Horse Regiment was killed in action at the Dardanelles on October 8. Major Scott was for many years a member of the Launceston (Tasmania) Artillery, where he first served as a gunner, and worked his way up to the rank of captain. ...Major Scott was well known at Katanning, where he and his brother, Lieutenant E. C. G. Scott (also killed) were in business together. (reference)
1927 Death on July 18, at her late residence, 161 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, Sarah Jane Bentick, relict of the late George Thomas Bentick, and loving mother of Rachal (Mrs. Andrew's, Melbourne), Caroline (Mrs. Collins, West Leederville), Alice (Mrs. Cull., Mount Lawley), Annie (Mrs. Todd, Three Springs), and Roy and Charles (of America); aged 74 years. (reference)
1931 Death on October 10, at his late residence, 161 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, Frederick Henry Ward, beloved husband of Ada Maude Ward; aged 81 years. (reference)
1931 The Late Mr. Frederick Henry Ward died at his residence… The deceased was born at Gordon, Tasmania, and was a son of the late Mr. William Ward, an old pioneer of the Gordon district. The late Mr. F. H. Ward was for several years in the civil service in that State and held many responsible positions. He came to Western Australia in 1911, and, until his retirement three ago, was a well-known identity in assurance circles. He was a man of high ideals, esteemed for his business integrity, and, during his long and varied career, made many friends. (reference)
1934 The engagement is announced of Kathleen, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Murray, of Vivian street, Boulder, to Frank, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bourke, of Sewell-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
1950 Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, of 79 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, have pleasure in announcing the engagement of their eldest daughter, Joan, to Howard, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Price, of Hilton Park. (reference)