LOCATION
Cnr Riverside Rd & Pier St East Fremantle
LOCATION DETAILS
Lot 6152 and Res. 28163 Riverside Rd commencing on n/east cnr of intersection with Pier St and extending north to include western edge of lots Pt. 23, Pt 24 and 5297
2 Riverside Road
ARCHITECTURE
No. 2 Riverside Road is a substantial, three bedroom, single-storey brick residence in the Federation Bungalow style. It is situated on a gently sloping block overlooking Riverside Road with uninterrupted views to the Swan River. It features a medium-pitched, hipped roof with a projecting gable, over a faceted bay window with a separate, shallow-pitched roof. The matching, expansive verandah across the front has been partially enclosed on the sides with painted weatherboard. It features plain timber posts, with iron fretwork. The foundations have been rendered and painted. The front entrance has stained-glass side lights and fan lights, and leads to a wide front corridor with a decorative floor of tiles, understood to have been imported from Italy. The interior retains several original features such as ornamental fireplace surrounds, joinery and decorative mouldings.
HISTORY
Research on the history of this property is currently under way by the Museum of Perth in partnership with the Town of East Fremantle. If you have any stories or information about this property, please contribute it in the comments below.
(Incorrectly recorded as 1 Riverside Rd in the DRAFT Municipal Inventory).
RESIDENTS
1927 - 1932: Wright, Joseph Thomas
1936: New house, Vacant
1937 - 1949: Soley, Frederick L.
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3 Riverside Road
ARCHITECTURE
Federation
No. 3 Riverside Road is a single-storey house constructed in limestone and brick with a gabled, corrugated-iron roof. It is a restored dwelling in the Federation Bungalow style. The verandah is a broken, back-roofed verandah supported on stop chamfered timber posts. All opening have brick quoins which are later additions. The building sits highly elevated above street level with a terraced garden. There is a later garage addition at the front of the lot. The north-east section of the residence has been reconstructed. There have been several modifications to the interior.
HISTORY
It is thought this house was built for John Hugh Gracie, one of the owners of the Castlemaine Brewery, who resided at 3 Riverside Road, close to Castlemaine Brewery, until 1915. It is the only surviving building associated with the Brewery.
On 4th January 1892 Lots 10, 11 and 12 of Swan Location 62, were transferred to Gracie and Walter Frederick Walkley. In December 1894 the same pair obtained Lot 9. Lot 9 was procured to facilitate an expansion of their brewing business they obtained in 1906. The brewery was located on Lots 1 and 2. This was formerly the Fremantle Brewing & Ice Co.In 1906 Gracie obtained (as sole proprietor) the title to Lots 5 and 6. It has sometimes been assumed that this date coincides with the construction of the property currently on this land. However the Post Office Directories indicate that Gracie resided on Riverside Road closer to East Street and that Henry King and Matthew Moss occupied properties between Gracie and the Castlemaine Brewery.
Harry Digby Beard acquired the place in 1915, according to the Post Office Directories. Beard was the son of a renowned local draper, Fisher Beard, who operated a draper business in Fremantle.
The place was restored in the 1980s (refer to physical description). A number of early post-World War II interventions were reversed to achieve a good outcome. (reference)
1919 Birth on January 9, at Peradeniya, Riverside road, East Fremantle, to Mr. and Mrs. Digby Beard—a daughter. (reference)
1931 Impressive Funeral Of The Late Mr. Digby Beard. The high esteem in which Mr. H. Digby Beard was held was shown in the large gathering of friends at the funeral this morning. A number of people were unable to secure entrance to St. John's Church, and had to wait outside. The augmented choir numbered 40 and included several men who were regular members of the choir when Mr. Beard was choirmaster. The Dean drew the moral that religion made Mr. Beard the man he was a man who won the respect of every one. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1900 - 1912: Graccie, John Hugh
1915: Beard, Harry Digby
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5A & 5B Riverside Road
ARCHITECTURE
Federation Free Classical
Glanville's Buildings, although altered internally, is a two-storey building and is the best example of the full range of 'signature' details of architect Norman Hitchcock. Hitchcock designed a number of two, and even three-storey rows of terrace houses in Melbourne. However, Glanville's Buildings is the only known example of a two-storey terrace designed by Hitchcock in Western Australia.
No 5A and 5B Riverside Road is a brick residence with rendered details and low-pitched corrugated iron roofs that are concealed by parapets. It is a very fine and eccentric expression of the Federation Free Classical style. The street elevations is arranged to accommodate two shopfronts with their entrance doors and modest windows. A dominant feature is the highly decorative and flamboyant parapet. Glanville's Buildings exhibits many of Hitchcock's 'signature' details. Spread over a two storey facade the contrast of stucco decoration against tuck-pointed brickwork is quite striking and quite unlike any other building in Perth.
As retail activities have given way to residential purposes a number of modifications.
HISTORY
1913 Birth on September 6, at the Wesleyan Church, Newport, by the Rev. B. C. Spencer, Captain Frederick, only son of the late E. Ogilvie, of Cowes (Isle of Wight) to Lena Mena, eldest daughter of T. H. Carroll, Riverside-road, East Fremantle. (reference)
1923 Marriage on August 22, at Christ Church, Claremont, by the Rev. Harper, Valentine Goodchild, second son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Rennie, Stirling-street, Fremantle, to Olive Amelia Pearl, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Carroll, Riverside-road, East Fremantle. (reference)
1926 Death on October 22, suddenly at his late residence, Riverside-road, East Femantle, Thomas Henry, dearly beloved husband of Fanny Carroll, and father of Mena (Mrs. F. J. Ogilvie), Olive (Mrs. V. Sonnie), and Ivy and Ray Carroll. (reference)
RESIDENTS
1903 - 1926: Carroll, Thomas H.
1927 - 1932: Carroll, Mrs. T.
1933 - 1935: Carroll, Mrs. T. & Carle, James T.
1935 - 1938: Sargent, Henry M. & Sargent, Allen H.
1938 - 1941: Sargent, Henry M. & Sargent, Allen H. & Driver, Edgar
1941 - 1942: Sargent, Allen H. & Driver, Edgar
1942 - 1947: Pickett, Mrs. & Driver, Edgar
1949: Pickett, Mrs. & Driver, Edgar & (Pickett & Driver, boat proprietors)
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Kitson Park
ARCHITECTURE
Historic site with few or no built features.
HISTORY
Research on the history of this property is currently under way by the Museum of Perth in partnership with the Town of East Fremantle. If you have any stories or information about this property, please contribute it in the comments below.
RESIDENTS
None listed as per SLWA Post Office Directory 1893 - 1949.
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Carroll's House
ARCHITECTURE
Federation Filigree with Gothic Influences
Carroll's House is located at 15 Riverside Road (The Boat Builders House & currently The Left Bank) is a two-storey building constructed in limestone and brick, with a hipped and gabled corrugated-iron roof. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a gable bay and a full-width return bull-nosed roof verandah. The verandah spans both storeys and is supported on timber posts. On the first floor there is a cast metal balustrade and timber handrail. The place may have been built in stages; the ground floor is built in limestone with brick quoins and the upper floor is built in brick with rendered quoins. The gable features decorative timber treatment and a circular vent. The place has an irregular plan and the mass features a rich roofscape that includes gables and render-capped chimneys.
HISTORY
The Boat Builders House, now the Left Bank
Thomas and Fanny Carroll purchased the land in 1889 and from there ran a boat building business. Thomas William Whiteley, built the home as well as other historical buildings in Fremantle – the house became colloquially known as ‘The Boat Builder’s House’.
In 1940, Alan Harry Sargent and his sister Dorrie purchased the house from the Carroll family. Dorrie Sergeant later married newspaper editor Ted Driver and they took up residence in the stately Federation home.
Ownership went to the Metropolitan Regional Planning Authority in the 1970’s for $104,000 to make way for changes to Riverside Road. Local residents considered ‘The Boat Builder’s House’ an important landmark in the area. The East Fremantle Town Council submitted petitions to the MRPA to lease the old building which, by now, had fallen into a sad state of neglect.
The East Fremantle Town Council took over the property and in 1981 called for tenders for the restoration of the home, for use by the public. Clough Engineering Group were successful with a proposed Bar, Cafe and Restaurant. The Left Bank Bar, Cafe and Restaurant opened in 1990.
RESIDENTS
1903 - 1926: Thomas H. Carroll
1927 - 1932: Mrs T. Carroll
1933 - 1935: Mrs T. Carroll, James T. Carle
1935 - 1938: Henry M. Sargent, Allen H. Sargent
1938 - 1941: Henry M. Sargent; Allen H. Sargent; Edgar Driver
1941 - 1942: Allen H. Sargent; Edgar Driver
1942 - 1947: Mrs Pickett; Edgar Driver
1949: Mrs Pickett; Edgar Driver; Pickett & Driver, boat proprietors
Courtesy of the Town of East Fremantle Heritage Trail, Artist: Miles Noel
“This land was purchased by the Carrolls’ in 1889, with the building colloquially known as ‘The Boat Builders House’. Now the home of The Left Bank.”
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26 Riverside Road- Oyster Beds
architecture
26 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, EAST FREMANTLE JETTY NO 9.
History
Although this site, known as the Oyster Beds is not Heritage listed it was placed on the East Fremantle Council’s Municipal Inventory on 15 Aug 2006.
Before it was an oyster farm set up by the first Greek immigrant to WA, Athanasios Auguste -it may have been the site of an earlier oyster bed…
Early Oyster beds; In December 1892 Charles and Charlotte Tolland opened a London Ham and Beef Shop in Barrack St., Perth. The shop was on the east side of Barrack St, 4 shops short of Hay St, next to Stein & Co (which became Bon Marche arcade). From March – July 1893 the shop seemed to specialise in oysters, which came from Dirk Hartog Island. On 22 November 1893 they advertised: ‘Oysters! Oysters! OYSTERS! Just arrived. Brisbane Oysters at TOLLAND'S, Barrack street’. The Tolland’s purchased these oysters from J Stevens, a wholesale oyster dealer, ‘late of Melbourne’, who brought with him a large consignment of Brisbane oysters.
By March 1894 the shop had been taken over by J (aka Isaac or Ikey) Stevens and had become the Stevens Oyster Saloon. Soon after, to fix a general complaint that oysters were scarce and inferior Stevens started growing oysters at ‘north’ Fremantle (The West Australian, Fri 20 Sept 1895). He ran the Oyster Saloon (Stevens & Millet) in Barrack St until June 1896 when it was taken over by the Sydney Oyster & Fish Co (Phalangas & Co). Ikey Stevens then moved to High St Fremantle and opened the Pioneer Oyster Saloon, adjoining the Town Hall in Fremantle. In 1898 he sold the Saloon and the Oyster beds, which were described as being in EAST Fremantle:
West Australian, Thursday 28 April 1898, page 2
PUBLIC AUCTION,THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1893, At 11 a.m., On the Premises, HIGH-STREET, FREMANTLE. CONNOR, DOHERTY and DURACK Limited, have been favoured with instructions from Mr. Ikey Stevens to Sell by Public Auction, as above, His OLD-ESTABLISHED CONNECTION, Consisting of Wholesale and Retail Oyster Merchants Luncheon and Refreshment Business And Oyster Beds, Which are, without doubt, the best in the river. The business is a good paying concern and in full swing. All the rooms have been recently renovated and furnished by Robertson and Moffat. (Accommodation for about 40 boarders, good lease at moderate rental.
Lot 1. Lease, goodwill, furniture, stock in-trade and sundries.
Lot 2-The Oyster Beds, situated in the river, near East Fremantle.
The Oyster Beds restaurant was originally was set up and operated by Athanasios Auguste (known as Arthur) who came from Kastellorizo in Greece. He came to Fremantle first in 1886, and then again in 1904, having returned to Egypt to marry Panaula Komninos. They had nine children. The restaurant in Fremantle was originally called Auguste's Oysters Beds and they also ran an Oyster Saloon in Perth.
See the full story of his enterprise in the link
All photographs of Auguste and his family are also from this website.
Barry Martin, a well known West Australian diver was responsible for building the pylons- around the late 1960s/early 1970s- on which the Oyster Beds restaurant stood. He also loaned the owner at the time, Dawn Davies, diving helmets and other diving paraphernalia as decor.
In the 1990s the building operated as The Red Herring.
Since 2016 the building has operated as Dome Coffee.
RESIDENTS
1917 - 1920: Auguste, Peter
1921 - 1922: Auguste, Athan
1933 - 1941: Auguste, Mrs. A.
1941 - 1946: Auguste, Mrs. A. (oyster lessee, ref rms)
1947 - 1949: Thornton, W. C. (ref rms)
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Boat Shed
Marine Education Boatshed (map)
ARCHITECTURE
Inter / Post-War Simple Carpenter Industrial
HISTORY
Marine Education Boatshed
Training centre: Riverside Rd & Pier St, East Fremantle
From June 2014 Deploy Subsea provided diving personnel during the decommissioning and rebuilding of the Marine Education Jetty.
Works involved underwater survey, removal of existing jetty superstructure, underwater cutting of timber piles and underwater mapping to ensure the new piles were driven in the correct location over the original piles. Rebuilding phase: welding of cross beams, laying of new decking. River bed leased by Swan River Trust.
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40 Riverside Road
ARCHITECTURE
Federation Regency Bungalow
No 40 Riverside Road is a single-storey house constructed in limestone and brick with an ‘M’ format corrugated iron roof. The place is located on the corner of Riverside Road and Pier Street. The front elevation is symmetrically planned with a full-width return bull-nosed roofed verandah. At the rear of the house the maid’s quarters remain in place.
HISTORY
Robin Gourley lived at this residence and was a well known boat builder, working for Howson & Murray and building his own boats including Roter class yachts.
Robert Gourley is mentioned as helping retrieve the bodies of two young children that drowned in 1908: (reference)
Robin built six boats in the 1920's and maybe 30's; the Mafalda built about 1928 for the Merendino family Fremantle fishermen), and Britannia, about 28 feet (owned for many years by a 'Blue' Munro). Britannia was a pleasure fishing boat but Mafalda was used for crayfishing from Fremantle until the 1960's and purchased by Tony Larard in 1969. There was another sister vessel Dorothy owned at Albany by a fisherman called Prideaux.
He still owned and sailed a yacht named Wangara in the 1950's. Robin's brother James was a boatbuilder and the other brother, Harry, although he built his own yacht Pioneer, was more of a house and building carpenter. From Tony Larard, Maritime Heritage Association journal Volume 12, No. 1 . March, 2001.
RESIDENTS
1933 - 1935: Plummer, John
1935 - 1937: Hawkins, John E.
1937 - 1938: Vacant
1938 - 1943: Chuck, Albert E.
1944 - 1949: Mills, William
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Leeuwin Barracks
ARCHITECTURE
Inter / Post-War
Late Art-Deco / Moderne
HISTORY
Research on the history of this property is currently under way by the Museum of Perth in partnership with the Town of East Fremantle. If you have any stories or information about this property, please contribute it in the comments below.
RESIDENTS
1947: H M A S Leeuwin Naval Depot R A N; H M Torpedo Factory & Gun Wharf; Naval Armament Supply Office
1949: H M A S Leeuwin Naval Depot R A N; H M Torpedo Factory & Gun Wharf
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Leeuwin Barracks Drill Hall
Leeuwin Barracks Drill Hall (map)
ARCHITECTURE
The Drill Hall is part of a 14 hectare Defence site located within an established residential area on the southern bank of the Swan River in East Fremantle. Other buildings on the site include an Administration Building, Education Block, Accommodation Blocks, Medical Centre, Swimming Polls and Sports Grounds.
The Drill Hall is two-storey building constructed in brick, with a terracotta tiled roof with a small high level window let into the middle of the roof on either side. The nomination also includes the Junior Recruit Memorial and flag mast to the western elevation but does not include the Parade Ground.
HISTORY
Research on the history of this property is currently under way by the Museum of Perth in partnership with the Town of East Fremantle. If you have any stories or information about this property, please contribute it in the comments below.
RESIDENTS
1947: H M A S Leeuwin Naval Depot R A N; H M Torpedo Factory & Gun Wharf; Naval Armament Supply Office
1949: H M A S Leeuwin Naval Depot R A N; H M Torpedo Factory & Gun Wharf
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Riverfront Parks
Architecture
These park run between the Swan River and Riverside Road.
HISTORY
John Dolan Reserve was named (in 1982) after John Dolan (1901 – 1986) who was a teacher, MLC (1963 – 1974) and a Cabinet Minister.
John Tonkin Reserve was named (in 1982) after John Tonkin AC (1902 – 1995), MLA for North-East Fremantle, 1933 – 1950 and Premier of WA 1971 – 1974.
