Architecture
Interwar Bungalow w Federation / Arts & Crafts Influences
No 123 Petra Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is a fine expression of the Inter-War Porch style. The front elevation is asymmetrically planned with a thrust gable bay and a part width skillion roofed porch. The porch is supported on timber posts with post brackets. The half-timbered gable bay features a set of casement windows and hopper lights under a sunhood. A further verandah to the south flanks the gable bay. There is a central door flanked by sidelights.
History
1938 Tenders are Invited for the Purchase and 3 Napier-road. North Fremantle. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. A. E. Bulliard. 123 Petra-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1942 Death on April 22, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Bulliard, 123 Petra-street, East Fremantle, Emma, dearly beloved wile of John Phillips, of 7 Dorothy-street, Fremantle, loving mother of Mable (Mrs T. Quigley), Irene (Mrs A. E. Bulliard) and Victoria (Mrs J. Downie); fond grandmother of Phyllis, Sam, Doreen, Daphne and Gwen Quigley, and Joyce, Bryan and Gilbert Bulliard; aged 74 years. (reference)
1948 Lost vicinity Petra-st., East Fremantle, December 31, girl's silver wrist Watch, dark strap. Finder please return 123 Petra-st. Reward. (reference)
1950 Man Hits His Daughter. When Joyce Lorraine Bulliard, of Petra-st, East Fremantle, intervened in a quarrel between her mother and father last night she was struck above the right eye. This was said in Fremantle Police Court today when lumper Albert Edward Bulliard (51) denied having assaulted his daughter. Miss Bulliard said that her mother had gone out to visit some friends. About 8 p.m. she and her father went out to meet her mother. He had been drinking but was not drunk. They met Mrs. Bulliard and on the way home an argument started between her and her husband. Miss Bulliard intervened and was abused by her father. When they arrived at the yard of their home, Bulliard struck his daughter. The Magistrate placed Bulliard on a £10 bond to be of good behaviour for three months, and ordered him to pay 7/ costs. (reference)
Residents
1929 - 1949: Bulliard, Mrs. Irene
