CNR CROKE & MOUAT STREETS-Former FREMANTLE FIRE STATION

CNR CROKE & MOUAT STREETS-Former FREMANTLE FIRE STATION (no 1)

By the height of the gold rush in the late 1890’s, the population of Western Australia had grown from 48,500 to over 180,000. This created a huge demand for services such as a public water supply, and, finally, the formation of organised fire brigades. A formal Western Australian fire service commenced with the first Fire Brigades Act of 1898 and the establishment of a Fire Brigades Board.

Originally from NSW John ‘Jack’ Fraser worked in the Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat and with the local fire brigade there before becoming Superintendent of the Yarraville Brigade (Melbourne). Arriving in Western Australia- he was appointed in August 1892, as one of the first three superintendents of fire brigades in Western Australia responsible for the Fremantle (and then East Fremantle) Brigade.

He was interviewed about a fire in Fremantle in 1894 and the role of the Fire Brigade. (reference)

18 Jan 1895 FREMANTLE FIRE BRIGADE. The usual monthly meeting of the Fremantle Fire Brigade was held on Wednesday evening at the Fire Station, Mouatt-street. Superintendent Fraser occupied the chair, and business was at once proceeded with by the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the last meeting. Engineer Hartley proposed that Fireman Barrett, Weekes, Kemp, Lewis, and Forrester be posted on "watch" duty for one week each at the Fremantle Town Hall, according to a resolution carried at a recent meeting. This was seconded by ex-Engineer Garvey and carried. It was proposed by ex-Engineer Garvey and seconded by Fireman Weekes "That a committee consisting of the officers and mover be appointed to formulate a scheme for the disposal, with the sanction of the Council, of the manual engine, and also to arrange for the purchase of a steamer in the place thereof." This was carried unanimously. (reference)

During his 8 and a half years as Superintendent of the Fremantle Brigade Fraser designed and built the first hose reels and hose cart, purchased the first horse used in a Brigade and employed the first permanent fireman in WA. Fraser was the first man to ever drive a steam fire engine in WA. He also created the first out-stations and installed the first fire alarms in WA. In conjunction with Superintendent Cameron, he founded the West Australian Fire Brigade Association at a time when there were only four brigades in the State— in Perth, Fremantle, Geraldton and the Goldfields. Simultaneously with his Fremantle position he was advisory superintendent for the Public Works Department and superintendent of the Railway Department fire brigades, organising all brigades at the different stations.

Firemen at this time were paid by honorariums and fees collected from businesses and Fraser threatened to resign from Fremantle in 1897, but upon being given an honorarium of 50 pounds a year by the Fremantle Council, he rescinded his resignation and stayed on until 1899.

1896 The Fremantle Chess Club, which is now installed in its new room at the Fire Brigade station, Mouatt-street -is also making excellent progress with its tournament. (reference)

1896 FIRE AT FREMANTLE. The boiling over of a pot of tar at the corporation yard, adjoining the Fremantle fire station, in Mouatt-street, yesterday morning caused a large quantity of the resinous substance to ignite. The yard and fire station were immediately enveloped in dense volumes of smoke… (reference)

The Fremantle Fire Station (no 2) It wasn’t until 1908 that the second Fremantle Fire Station, in Phillimore Street, was built for the Fremantle Fire Brigade. The new fire station was designed to house four horse-drawn vehicles, including the district's ambulance, which was also operated by the fire brigade.

20 June 1908 FREMANTLE'S NEW FIRE STATION, FOUNDATION STONE LAID. Yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large and representative gathering of citizens of Fremantle and Perth, the Minister for Public Works (Mr. James Price) performed the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Fremantle Fire Station, at the corner of Mouatt and Phillimore streets… Mr. Fred Rowe, secretary of the Fremantle Lumpers' Union said he had that afternoon been deputed by his Union to hand over to the Mayor of Fremantle on behalf of the citizens of Fremantle an ambulance van. The van was the result of efforts put forward by his Union, which recognised the great necessity for such a conveyance being ever available for the use of the injured. He had however, had a most unpleasant experience. In company with a driver he had entered the van at the old fire station, and they had commenced to drive to the site of the new station. When High-street was reached the horse apparently thought it was on the way to a fire, and without the slightest notice bolted… (reference)

1926 A start has been made with the work of erecting the new naval drill hall. The new building, at the corner of Mouatt and Crake (sic) streets, will be a welcome addition in a part of the town which has lost, much of its former business life. On either side of the new structure there are old and unattractive premises, long since abandoned, which will look still more dingy under the shadow of the new drill hall. The old fire station is one of these, a stable like structure of wood and iron which is overdue for demolition. (reference)

1928 Some months ago a start was made to demolish the old iron building in Mouatt-street, formerly used as a fire brigade station. Sheets of iron were stripped from the tower, and then the work stopped, leaving a picture of desolation uglier than before. This dismantled ruin stands on land controlled by the governing body of the Sailors' Rest... A promise was given by the Fremantle Council to round off the street corner when this old structure was removed, thus providing a more convenient entrance to the naval hall. All the parties concerned desire to see this improvement made, but no one appears to have power to make it. The sale of material alone would pay for the cost of demolition, so why isn't lt done? (reference)

1928 LANDMARK DISAPPEARS - Look-out tower: A start has been made with the demolition of the old fire station at the corner of Mouatt and Crake (sic) streets, Fremantle, the tower of which was a landmark 20 or more years ago. (reference)

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30 MOUAT STREET, STRELITZ BUILDINGS

30 Mouat St (was 46 pre 1938) Strelitz Buildings.

Pre 1897 Mr. Hitchcock's Reminiscences: On portion of the site of Strelitz's Buildings there stood an old two-storied house with gable ends, and next to it was a first-class boarding house conducted by Mr. John Henderson, under the sign of "Auld Reekie." (reference)

Originally from Hamburg, Richard Strelitz was a German-born Jew who came to WA in 1893. He lived in High Street, Fremantle, and became a lieutenant in the Fremantle Infantry (militia). When his brother Paul arrived in 1894 they established Strelitz Brothers, Merchants and Shipping Agents, of Fremantle and Kalgoorlie, and then a second business in Perth and were influential in international trade and diplomacy and local politics in Perth and Fremantle. The Strelitz Brothers company was closely identified with the commercial expansion of Perth and Fremantle, during Western Australia's gold boom of the 1890s. Strelitz Bros also held the agency for Alfred Nobel's Hamburg Explosive Company, Ltd and through this had agencies for magazines in the goldfields. They also imported railway material and mining machinery.

Richard was popular and successful, and by 1901 he was consul to Denmark, and then also to Sweden and Norway.

Contrary to historic references of Richard Strelitz being interned as an enemy alien during the 1914 - 1918 war, he was not. But he was under a heavy cloud of suspicion from those who didn’t know him, and he moved his family to Sydney in 1917. Paul later followed with his family where, in NSW, they flourished.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 49 owners:

1855 - 1878 Pace, Ann

1879 Carter, H & Co.

1897 William Lovegrove Solicitor, No 1 Strelitz Buildings

A.U.S.N co, shipping

No. 30

1910 - 1920 Strelitz Building

Strelitz Bros, importers and shipping & commercial agents

1910 - 1911 Brown & Dureau, mercantile brokers

1910 - 1914 German Aust. S. S. Co. Strelitz Bros. agents

1910 - 1916

Strelitz, Paul, consul for the Netherlands

Strelitz, Richard, consul for Sweden & Denmark

1921 - 1939 Majora Buildings

1921 - 1926 Thorn, W J, carrier

1921 - 1946 Turton, A, lighting agent

1921 - 1949 Evans & Co. George, paint manufacturers

1928 Wattle Preparation Coy

14 MOUAT ST

14 Mouat St (was 16 pre 1938)

The building was built for E.H. Fothergill, & Co, shipping, insurance, customs and commission agents, who were operating from the building in 1900. (reference)

The original part of the building is a two storey stone and rendered stone building, with zero setback from the pavement. There is a parapet with open circles and a central pediment, which features a stucco wreath. The building is sided by engaged pilasters and the ground floor has an open drive through entrance to the right side and front entrance to the left. The first floor has arched timber sash windows with decorative stucco above and decorative skirts below.

1904 E. H. FOTHERIGILL and CO., 16 Mouatt-st., Fremantle SOLE AGENTS: The British Anti-Fouling Composition Paint Co Ltd. - Anti-corrosive and Anti-fouling Paints. Buring and Sobe’s Spring Vale Wines. David Corsair and Sons' Canvas. Tea Company. - "Tamil" Tea. The Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited., The "Minimax" Fire Extinguisher., S.S. Reliance, Towing and Watering in Harbour and River. Schooner Rescue, Schooner Alice, trading to North-West ports. Wool and M.O.P Shell shipped from all ports on through bill of lading, to London and the Continent… (reference)

From 1919- 1926 the building housed the Sandalwood export business of John Hector until his sudden death in 1926 (reference). Hector had worked previously for Guthrie & Co c 1903. He was a member of the Scottish group, the Fremantle Caledonian Society.

In May, 1924, Hector and Sons. submitted to the Government a proposition for the organisation of the Sandalwood industry and the improvement of existing conditions in Qld. The firm offered as much as £44 per ton, including royalty. This proposition was investigated, and the correspondence received from a number of cutters intimated that they were definitelv in favour of an organisation being set up to control export. An attempt was later made at reorganisation, but Messrs. Hector and Son advised that they could not comply with all the conditions of their tender, and the endevour had to be abandoned. (reference)

1924 The only persons holding authority to obtain sandalwood from Crown lands-in the southern portion of the State, are the following: Messrs: Paterson & Co. Ltd., Perth, Messrs Burridge & Warren, E. S. and A. Bank Chambers, Perth, Mr. John Hector, 26 Mount-street, Fremantle, W.A. Sandalwood Co-operative Co. Ltd., Royal Bank Chambers (reference)

Anne and Peter Hector Established Mt Romance, an Albany sandalwood distillary in 1997, and pioneered the distillation and use of Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) in the fragrance industry. In 2008, Mt Romance became a part of Quintis, the world’s largest producer of natural sandalwood products. Quintis first sourced the seeds from Mysore in India in 1997 and began growing plantations of Sandalwood Album in Kununurra, Western Australia.

Sold in 2002, the building was renovated and a four storey addition was built to the rear of the building.

Occupants

Lot 42 owners:

1829 - 1837 McDonald, Hugh

1855 Broun, R

1856 Brown, R. Mc

1857 - 1859 Brown, R M B

1876 Franciso, Alex

1877 - 1879 Harwood, J J

1902 - 1903 Adams & Co. G. H. wine, spirit & general merchants became-

1902 - 1941 Fothergill & Co Ltd, E H, merchants & land agents (1902-1915: accountants)

1903- 1904 Rosman & Co. accountants

1904 - 1910 Andrews, Charles, accountant & auditor

1905 - 1906 White, F G, commercial agent

1905 - 1907 Mannering & Co. printers

1911 - 1941 Colonial Mutual Fire Ins Co Ltd, insurance company (1911-1926: E H Fothergill & Co Ltd, chief agents)
1912 - 1927 City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd(1912-1924: Colonial MLAS Ltd)

1919 - 1923 Hector, John, sandalwood merchant, previously with Guthrie & son (reference)

1920 - 1930 MCL Print Ltd (Reg off) (E H Fothergill, managing director)

1924 - 1926 Hector & Sons, John, merchants

1924 - 1927 Premier Coal Mining Co. Ld.

1942 - 1946 Mackay, Mrs Margaret, refreshment rooms

1947 - 1949 Ken's Port-O-Call Cafe, restaurant

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10-12 MOUAT ST ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP HOUSE

10-12 Mouat Street, Adelaide Steamship House (former)

These were the offices of the Adelaide Steamship Company-one of the major national shipping companies in Fremantle. Adelaide Steamship conducted their WA shipping business out of these buildings for more than seventy years, until the buildings were sold in 1978. 

It also housed the Australasian Steam Ship Owners Federation - and so a lot of history happened here around Lumpers wages, strikes and other colourful business of the Port.

Adelaide Steamship House is a fine example of the Federation Free Classical style. The place comprises two buildings fronting Mouat Street and outbuildings at the rear of the site. The buildings, one of which is two storeyed and the other single storey, share uniform Italianate stucco details which unite their presence in the streetscape. On the ground floor these details include a granite plinth, rusticated wall, broad doric pilasters and large arched openings. The upper floor of the principal includes paired ionic pilasters, false balustrades under the heavily moulded aedicule windows, a heavily moulded cornice, balustraded parapet and decorative central pediment.

1895 THE ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Their Fremantle agent advised that yesterday the company's new steamer Marloo had arrived at Fremantle that morning from the UK… Each steamer is capable of accommodating 100 passengers in the saloon and 300 in-the second cabin. (reference)

1901 Landing of their royal highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Saturday, July 20, 1901. Special notice- The two large Stands on the South Quay, Fremantle, erected by the Perth Royal Celebrations Committee, capable of holding 4,000 persons, will be reserved on Saturday next for the Women and Children of Fremantle and district. The Barriers will be absolutely closed at One o'Clock (1) p.m. Admission by ticket only. Tickets may be obtained from the Committee's Offices, Adelaide Steamship Company's buildings, Mouatt-street… (reference)

1913 Shipping firms make no secret of their dissatisfaction with their treatment at the hands of the controlling authorities at Fremantle. On the representations of the merchants and the Australasian Steam-ship Owners' Federation, the Trust has materially reduced transhipment charges for the current financial year; and it is claimed that these are now as low as in any port in the Commonwealth. But it is freely alleged that Fremantle is, on the whole, the most expensive Australian port, and that the Trust's powers are to some extent abused. (reference)

1914 NEW LUMPERS' WAGES. 'GASPING WITH SHOCK.' The new Federal award, covering Waterside workers has caused a sensation in shipping circles. Mr. W. T. Appleton, chairman of directors of Huddart, Parker, Ltd., and president of the Australasian Steam Ship Owners' Federation, said the award had been made too hurriedly. More than once the shipowners had refused to pay the rates demanded by the wharf laborers, and had refused to make any increase on the existing rates. When the case was before the Court ample evidence was called in support of the shipowners' position, but apparently his Honor had not duly considered the facts. Captain T. Langley Webb, a director of Huddart, Parker, Ltd., was asked what the inter-State shipowners thought of the award. “We cannot say anything about it,” he replied ''We are simply gasping with the shock. The terms of the award have taken our breath away.” (reference)

1927 FREMANTLE WHARVES The Labour Question. The secretary of the Association of Employers of Waterside Labour (Mr. F. Hardouin) said yesterday that the forecast made at the end of October, that there would be a shortage of wharf labour during the following months, had been borne out fully by the records taken during December, when the members of the Fremantle Lumpers' Union were insufficient to meet all requirements, the daily shortage ranging from 30 to 400 men. The shortage had been only partially overcome by the employment of non-members of the Fremantle Lumpers Union… Mr. Hardouin said, 'the Fremantle Lumpers' Union's vigilant officer will not, as in the past, allow any but members of that union to assemble for engagement adjacent to the wharves, where employers can engage the labour they individually require. As a result, non-members of the Lumpers' Union seeking employment on the wharves have to congregate at the Trades Hall… Mr. Hardouin stated that the employers objected strongly to the present attitude of the union, and were continuing to make representations to have the conditions altered in the interests of the Port and all concerned. (reference)

1935 It is possible that the dispute regarding the unloading of cement from the Arkaba at Fremantle may have a serious effect on the construction work on the Canning dam. If an early settlement is not reached the Adelaide Steamship Co. may decide to send the cement back to Geelong, the port of loading, and this will result in a serious shortage in cement at the Canning dam. The Director of Works (Mr. E. Tindale) said that if the cement were not delivered to the dam, temporary unemployment for about 50 men might result. Lumpers who were engaged in unloading the cement again refused to work today unless they were paid an additional rate… When the secretary of the Lumpers' Union (Mr. T. Fox) and the secretary of the Association of Employers of Waterside Labor (Mr. F. Hardouin) were approached they declined to comment on the situation, beyond admitting that a deadlock had been reached. (reference)

1947 FREMANTLE FIRE Mysterious Blaze DUTCH NAVY RECORDS DESTROYED One room was gutted and its contents destroyed in a fire which broke out on the second floor of the Adelaide Steamship Co's. building, Mouatt street, Fremantle, about 2 p.m. on Saturday. Five typewriters, a compto-meter and a large quantity of records belonging to the Royal Netherlands Navy, which occupies the second floor of the building, were destroyed… While the blaze was at its height portion of the flooring was burnt through and two typewriters crashed through the ceiling of the Adelaide Steamship Co's. office. This was followed by other pieces of burnt furniture and debris which littered the entrance to the office. The fire was reported to the Fremantle Fire Station, which is only about 100 yards from the scene and, within half an hour, the blaze was extinguished. (reference)

OCCUPANTS

Lot 41 owners:

1829 - 1837 Williams, George

1855 Broun, R

1857 - 1859 Brown, R M B

1876 - 1879 Brown

No. 10 (single story)

1899 W. A. Forwarding & Carrying Co. customs & shipping agents, Sydney Durrant, insurance agent- despite going bankrupt in 1898 (reference)

Rudeforth, John, dining rooms

1900 - 1901

Vergona, J, fruiterer

Barrow, H C, com. agent

Fothergill & Co. (E.H.), accountants

1921 - 1936 Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd (pay office)

1978- Piccolo Lunch bar

2017 Pasta Addiction, Tihana and Denis Simich

No. 10 & No. 12

Adelaide Steamship Company's Buildings (pre 1920)

1901 - 1920 Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd (The) (1901-1918: W E Moxon, manager for WA; 1919-1920: J H Downer, manager for WA)

1902 - 1910 Forrest, Emanuel & Co. stock & station agents

1903 - 1912 Australasian Steam Ship Owners Federation (1910-1913: George Hunter, secretary; 1915-1916 & 1920: F Hardouin, secretary)

1910 - 1920 Commonwealth S S Owners Association (1910-1913: George Hunter, secretary; 1920: F Hardouin, secretary)

1911 - 1920 Emanuel Bros Ltd, auctioneers, stock, station, land, insurance and shipping agents

1913 - 1920 Association S S Owners Federation (1913: George N Hunter, secretary; 1915-1916 & 1920: F Hardouin, secretary)

1917 - 1920 Association of Employers Waterside Labor WA (F Hardouin, secretary-1920-1935)

No. 12

Adelaide SS Company's Buildings (post 1920)

1921 - 1928 Emanuel Bros Ltd, auctioneers, stock, station, insurance and shipping agents

1921 - 1949 Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd (The) (1921-1935: J H Downer, manager for WA)

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5 MOUAT ST

5 Mouat St (was 17 pre 1938) Tarantella nite club

This three storey building, a unique Federation Romanesque style, was designed by architect Edward Herbert Dean Smith for William De Lacey Bacon and the North German Lloyd Steamship Company in 1902, and constructed in 1903. The facade is constructed from limestone with contrasting bluestone columns and plinths. There are decorative string courses defining the floor levels and the building is entered through an arched opening supported by two bluestone columns with bowl capitals. It has a steep gabled roof which has been topped with an elaborately decorated square turret that has a steep pyramidal roof. The side and rear external brick walls are constructed in English bond brickwork.

1905 A large number of the Italian residents of Fremantle called on the Italian Vice-Consul, Mr Louis Ritazzi, to pay their respects to him as the representative of their King on the occasion of His Majesty's thirty-seventh birthday. The Italian ensign and other flags were flown over the consulate in honor of the.occasion, and His Majesty’s health was drunk by those present. (reference)

1907 Chevalier Zunini, the Italian Consul, proposes leaving the State on a visit to Italy. Mr. Ratazzi will assume the duties of Acting Consul for Italy during Chevalier Zunini's absence. (reference)

1909 The outbreak of fire on the German steamer Borkun, which put back to Mauritius on Friday last, has not yet been under control and according to a cable received by the local agents for the steamer (Messrs. Ratazzi and Co.) on Saturday morning from Captain Stolberg, the cargo is still burning fiercely… Captain Stolberg tried to save as much of the cargo as possible, but just prior to arrival at Port Louis the fire gained so that he decided for the safety of those on board to jettison 4000 cases of dynamite and 20 cases of detonators. The explosives were all consigned to Messrs. Barrymore and Co., of Fremantle and it is stated were valued at about £10,000. (reference)

1911 Herr L. Ratazzi, the German Consul in this State, who recently returned from a trip to Europe, states that the people in Germany are not obsessed with Anglophobia, but rather are satisfied with the feeling that both nations understand each other better and are content to let matters stand as they are. (reference)

1913 The Chevalier L. Ratazzi, Consul for Germany in West Australia, and local manager for the Nord Deutcher Lloyd- asked whether the feeling between Great Britain and Germany was any more cordial, he said ‘There is no doubt that a strong friendly feeling now exists between the two countries.’ (reference)

Prior to World War I it was rumoured that C. P. Ratazzi, the German Consul in WA, used the attic in the building to spy on movements in Fremantle Harbour and in 1914 Ratazzi was ordered by the Federal Government to cease acting as Consul. (reference)

1914 On Saturday night a noise as if some persons were breaking windows was heard by a man as he was walking in the direction of the North German Lloyd office in Fremantle. One of these offices is occupied by Mr L. Ratazzi, formerly the German Consul. On arrival at the scene of the disturbance, it was found that the front windows of the office had been broken. (reference)

1915 Apparently some of our Fremantle patriots are unable to taste the sweets of victory with a spirit unperturbed. When Mr. Lovekin, with scare headlines in the "Daily Ooze" on Monday evening announced a great Russian naval victory, the exuberance of their spirits got the better of them, and they began to simmer with excitement. That excitement soon reached the boiling point of resentment… Having given Wittorf what they considered enough, they moved on, drunk with: excitement and bug-juice, to ex-Consul Ratazzi's residence, the windows of which they also wrecked. (reference)

1915 There is a good deal of talk in Perth and Fremantle concerning the anomalous position of one Ratazzi, who lives and has his lager beer at the port when he isn't travelling on the continent. It reminds one forcibly of Mrs. Malaprop's Gereberus "Three gentlemen in one, aren't you?" The gentleman's full moniker is Carl Peter Ludwig Ratazzi. A naturalised Australian, he was born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany. In addition he is the consular agent for Italy in this part of King George's dominions, and has been decorated by the King of Italy for services rendered to that country. As a naturalised Australian, he is bound to hope that victory should crown the British arms, as a German bold he could hardly be blamed for thinking kindly of his native country, and as an Italian consul he is voluntarily expected to throw his hat in the air and whoop for the descendants of the Caesars. It is a complicated case. (reference)

1919 On Saturday last Mr. H. Momber (local manager for Messrs. Wm. Crosby and Co.) together with his wife and child, sailed per the s.s. Hermiston for Melbourne, all of them having recently recovered from severe attacks of the flu. (reference)

1924 Two more commercial houses are installing Dodge Brothers cars for business purposes. Both Messrs William Crosby and Co., of Fremantle... (reference)

1926 The firm is one of the oldest in Australia, established in 1857 (reference) Notice is hereby given that the registered office of William Crosby and Co. Pty Ltd is situated at 17-19 Mouat street, Fremantle, and that such office will be open to the public between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m, on weekdays, except Saturdays, when the hours will be from 10 a.m. to noon. (reference)

1931 Demolition of an old two-storey building in Pakenham-street, Fremantle, near Short-street, is to make room for a new brick building for the Federal Stevedoring Co. The bottom floor will be occupied by William Crosby and Co shipping agents, and the top floor will be let as private offices. The architects for the new building are Messrs. Owen and Nicholas, of Fremantle, and the cost of erection is £1700. The builder is Mr. C. W. Melrose. (reference) 

 In 1951 it was purchased and occupied by Dickenson's Transport Agency and in 1971, L.H. & A.E. Webb acquired the building.

From 1972 - 1993 the building was known infamously as Tarantella Nite Club.

The building was leased by Jose ‘Joe’ Faria and Jose Rebelo of Lanham Holdings Pty Ltd. They opened up the ground floor internal walls, making a large open space that could be used as a dance floor and bar area.

1976 Tarantella Tavern was a strip club and hookup joint for prostitutes and drunken sailors; as an undergrouund haven for the crooked, transgendered and otherwise excluded. Patrons would compare the merits of local penitentiaries and make deals while hunkering shadily around the bar tables, watching the strippers out of the corner of their eyes. Each night, one of the prostitutes would climb to the highest point and sing House of the Rising Sun, the performance often descending into an all-in-all brawl, with the singer and her sister- both big ladies - and tough- taking on all comers… (from Nine Parts Water, One Part Sand: Kim Salmon and the Formula for Grunge, By Douglas Galbraith, 2019)

1976 Kim Salmon (of The Scientists) initiated himself into the world of live music with a cabaret band called 'Troubled Waters' They obtained a residency at Tarantellas Nightclub in Fremantle, only to lose the young Kim Salmon after (only) eight weeks…(reference) Troubled Waters was formed by John Farley, (singer bass player and band leader). They played cover songs- three sets a night from 11-3, six nights a week at Tarentellas Tavern… (reference)

In 1986, Faria and Rebelo purchased the building and in 1992 the building was sold to Fabray Pty Ltd, a division of Fini Homes.

As Tarantellas, it earned a well-earned reputation as one of WA’s seediest nightclubs, which served only to make it more popular. ( Freostuff link)

As the Tarentella Night Club in the seventies and eighties, the building is all those things. It is port life in the raw. There were syringes in the street, midnight sex being vigourously and noisily transacted over car bonnets, angry adjoining residents, and insifde there’s metal strippers’ cage painted red. Is it to protect the strippers from the patrons or vica versa? Ron Davidson Fremantle Impressions, 2008 (p 269)

On Friday, 13 February 1993, the night club finally closed.

The building was restored and converted for residential use, by local architect Michael Patroni.

It was sold in 2015 for $1,450,000 (reference)

OCCUPANTS

Lot 28 owner:

1829 - 1879 Samson, Lionel

1903 - 1914 Nord-Deutscher Lloyd ( North German Lloyd Steamship Company) Imperial Mail Steamers (L Ratazzi & Co. general agents for W A)

1903 - 1916 Ratazzi C. P. L.

1903 - 1909 Imperial German Consul

1910 - 1914 Imperial German Consul & consular agent Italy

1915 - 1916 Consular agent Italy

1903 - 1917 Ratazzi & Co. L. general merchants & general agents for W A of the N.D.L. Imperial German Mail Line(1903-1905: wine, spirit)

1918 - 1932 William Crosby & Co Pty Ltd., ship owners & agents(1920 - 1932 Hubert Momber, manager)

1933 - 1934

Pocklington & Co, L H, estate agents, sworn valuators

Atlas Assurance Co Ltd (Pocklington & Co, L H, agents)

1936 - 1940 Parsons Bros & Co Pty Ltd (bulk store)

1940 - 1943 vacant

1944 - 1945 Burns Philp & Co Ltd, ship owners, ship agents & merchants

1947 Colyer Watson Pty Ltd, exporters

1949 Bankers Health Society, organisation; National Packers

1970s Tarentellas Tavern

1980s-1993 Tarentellas Nite club

2011- 2015 Fremantle Bed & Breakfast, owner Peter Donovan

Tarantellas Bed & Breakfast

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28 Mouat St

Notre Dame University ND44 - Notre Dame Study Centre - formerly Broken Hill Chambers and the Grieve and Piper Buildings

28 Mouat St (was 44 pre 1938)

This two storey stone and brick building has corners rendered with an ashlar effect and zero setback from the pavement. There are low engaged pilasters on the parapet and at each floor to dado height. The windows and doorways are arched.

This block, Lot 48 was originally owned by Charles McFaull (1829-1837). It was transferred to Mrs Ann Pace in 1855 and remained with her until 1859. In 1877 it was owned by Mrs FE Scott.

The building was built c1890 and known as the Broken Hill Chambers. It became a hub for Lawyers and Customs and Shipping Agents:

1896 Mr. A. J. Edmunds, solicitor, announces having commenced the practice of his profession at Fremantle. His address is No. 9 Broken Hill Chambers. (reference)

1896 Messrs. J. C. Whiteman and Co., Broken Hill Chambers, Mouatt-street, Fremantle, report under yesterday's date: "We beg to hand you our report of the Indian market, received from our Calcutta house (Messrs. Stanley and Co.) per to-day's advices… (reference)

1896 A large number of gentlemen interested in mining attended the Stock Exchange, Fremantle, on Aug. 18 to consider a proposal for the formation of a company to purchase the Great Bountiful mine at the Black Flag. It was decided to form a company with a capital of £5,000 in 250 shares of £20 each Applications for shares are to be made to Messrs. M. J. Keane and Co., Broken Hill Chambers, Mouatt-street, Fremantle, where the plans of the property may be inspected… (reference)

1896 Fremantle Board of Health- Several occupants of offices in Broken Hill Chambers appended their signatures to a letter drawing the board's attention to the fact that a large quantity of soapy and refuse water was continually being discharged from the Victoria Restaurant, and that owing to defective drainage it collected in pools along the gutters. The proprietor of the restaurant wrote, stating that he would be prepared to lay down pipes to the sea if allowed to do so... (reference)

1897 Fremantle Oval Pavilion. Some few weeks ago the Fremantle council invited competitive designs from architects for a pavilion suitable for the Oval. The successful competitor was Mr. F. Burwell, of Mouatt-street, Fremantle, who receives the premium of £25, and is entrusted with the carrying out of the work. A sketch of the proposed building, which, when completed, will be a handsome adornment to the local recreation ground, is now on view in tho window of Messrs. John and Cleary, High street, Fremantle. (reference)

1904 Broken Hill Chambers, Mouatt-street, Fremantle, have now undergone complete renovation internally and externally, and their exterior appearance is in keeping with those of immediate neighbors, viz., P. and O. Hotel, Duncan Preston and Co., Strelitz Bros., and W. Sandover and Co. The contract for these improvements has been carried out by Mr. Winstall, and Mr. Fred Clare, as agent for the West Australian Trustee, Executive, and Agency Company, is entrusted with the letting of the spare offices. (reference)

1904 Messrs. Dunn and Co., 033 Hay-street, Perth, and 44 Mouatt-street, Fremantle, carriers, commission agents, etc announce that they are now in conjunction with the Interstate Express Baggage and Luggage Agents. Messrs. Dunn and Co. have been in the carrying business for the past seven years… (reference)

John Bryce Grieve and Charles Gordon Piper began working in partnership as import merchants and customs agents c 1905. Their partnership continued until 1936 but the business continued until at least 1954.

The firm of Grieve and Piper moved into Broken Hill Chambers in 1921- and stayed until at least 1954.

1929 EAST-WEST AIR MAIL First Plane Arrives- Packed in seven large cases, the first of the de Havilland 'Hercules' airplanes for the W.A. Airways Ltd's East-West service, arrived at Fremantle from England this morning by the Aberdeen Commonwealth Line's motor ship Taranaki. One of the cases weighed 5½ tons and was 48 feet in length. Owing to its size it was necessary to carry this package on the vessel's after deck. A start was made to the unloading of the biggest case immediately the vessel had berthed and shortly before 10 a.m. the case 'was hoisted off the deck by the ship's derrick, and safely deposited on a long jinker. Special permission having been obtained from the traffic authorities by the clearing agents, Messrs. Grieve and Piper, the horse-drawn jinker commenced the journey by road to Perth. The East-West service is to be officially opened on June 3 and Major Brearley anticipates that the plane landed today will be flying by the end of the month. (reference)

Piper’s first wife Mattie died in 1930. He re-married in 1933 but after catching his wife with another man in 1934, retired (see story below) and in 1935 dissolved his partnership with Grieve and was given a divorce. (reference)

1934 Shortly before midnight on Friday, Charles Gordon Piper (52), of the firm of Grieve and Piper, brokers and customs agents, of Fremantle, was found lying in a garage at his home in Peppermint Grove, bleeding profusely from a flesh wound in the forehead. He was dressed in pyjamas and dressing gown, and a revolver, two bullet from which had been discharged, was lying at his side…Piper had been suffering from nervous trouble for some time. (reference)

1937 After an illness of some months, Mr. John Bryce Grieve, of Queenslea-drive, Claremont, managing director of Grieve and Piper, Ltd., Fremantle, died at a private hospital in West Perth. He was very widely known on account of his many business associations, his active interest in music, and his enthusiasm for lawn tennis and other outdoor sports. The late Mr. Grieve was born in Victoria 63 years ago. He came to this State in the early days of the Coolgardie Goldfields, and over 30 years ago set up in Fremantle as a Customs agent, in partnership with Mr. C. G. Piper. On December 31, 1934, Mr. Piper's active interest in the concern ceased, and at the end of 1936 the partnership was finally dissolved, and the business was converted into a limited liability company known as Grieve and Piper, Ltd., with the late Mr. Grieve as managing director. He was a widely-known and popular figure in the business life of Fremantle, and was a prominent member of the Fremantle Rotary Club. As a conductor of choral music the late Mr. Grieve was perhaps most widely known. For some time he was the leader of the Fremantle Quartet Party… (reference)

1953 Funeral: A Presbyterian Service for the late Mr. Andrew Bryce Grieve, of 11 Victoria-avenue, Claremont and late of Messrs. Grieve and Piper Pty. Ltd. Fremantle… (reference)

1954 JUNIOR girl reunited for office duties, no Saturday work. Grieve and Piper Pty. Ltd., Box 10 P.O. Fremantle. (reference)

The building was converted in 1976 for well known Jeweller and Silversmith, Eric Carr and became his Gallery and residence.
A Fremantle Award for this place in 1983 was for three town houses behind the original building.
In 2002 the place was occupied by the Australian Maritime Officers Union.
It has since been purchased by Notre Dame University.

OccupantS

Lot 48 owners:

1829 - 1837 MacFaull, Charles

1855 - 1859 Pace, Anne

1877 - 1878 Scott, Mrs F E

No. 28

1897 - 1916 Harvey & Co. A. general merchants & commission agents

1897 Broken Hill Chambers:

1 Norris Huntington & Co. shipping & forwarding agents until 1898

2 Tobias Brothers (Coolgardie) (J.C. Norman. rep)

4&5 Keane & Co. (M.J.), auctnrs. &co

6 Elliott & Co. (W.F.) com. agts

First floor

CUZENS A.J. (representing- Richard Allan & Co. warehousemen, Melbourne, John McBritney & Co, Melbourne, York Street Flax Spinning Co. Limited, Belfast, J.F. & H. Roberts & Co. Limited, calicoes &c., Borsdorff & Co. P.D. corsets, Rochussen Brothers, Eastern merchants, Brooks, McGlashan & McHarg, Melbourne, Austin & Baillieu, woolen warehousemen, Bradbury, Greatorex & Co. Lim. London)

CUZENS W.B. (representing E.S. & A. Robinson & Co. Lim, Bristol)

Burwell F. architect,

Reid & Watts, typist

Edmunds A.J., solicitor

1898 Broken Hill Chambers:

F. E. RANDELL & Co, general importers, produce merchants, forwarding agents &c.; Coolgardie, Fremantle, Kalgoorlie, Menzies & Norseman

Whiteman & Co. (J.C.), merchants Allen & Turner, customs, shipping & forwarding agents WRIGHT & CO. (G. & C.), indentors, land, estate & general commission agents

HENDERSON & MACGEORGE LIM. customs & forwarding agents, forage merchants &c. ; & at Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie & Menzies- agents for China Traders Insurance

1899 Broken Hill Chambers:

McKenzie & Webster, produce & commission agents,

Brew Miss, typist

Dancker A. C

1900 Broken Hill Chambers:

MacKenzie John P. produce & commission agent

Dancker & Manthorpe, mercantile brokers

1901

Dancker & Manthorpe, com. agts

Baxter Geo. contr

Norris. Huntington & Co. customs agts. & carriers until 1902

1903

Huntington J.B. customs agt. & c until 1906

Vann Theo. S. customs agt

Akroyd-Stuart H. engineer

1904

Clare Fredk, shipping & ins. agt

Government Labour Bureau until 1905

1905

Dunn & Co. carriers & forwdg. agts until 1907

1906

Scott James until 1907

1910 - 1920 Thorn W J & C, carriers

1916 - 1918 Crawcour, J A, (successor to A Harvey and Co), general merchant, importer & agent.

1919 - 1920 Merchants' Co-operative Society Ltd (R M Clifton, secretary)

1921 - 1949 Grieve & Piper Ltd, customs & forwarding agents, also agents for South British Insurance Co (1934-1937) and Union Marine Insurance (1929-1932) and Sadleir Ltd, R C, custom agents (1927-1928)

1-3 Mouat St

Notre Dame University ND43 - School of Nursing & Midwifery - Howard Smith Building (fmr)

1-3 Mouat St (was 9-11 pre 1938)

Lot 27 was originally owned by Lionel Samson (1829-1879)

Architecture: A Three storey stone and brick corner building with zero setback from the pavement. The building has a decorative parapet with two highly decorative pediments; one of these faces Phillimore Street. The ground floor is stone and the first and second floors are painted tuck point brick with engaged pilasters; ashlar effect to the first floor, Corinthian to the second floor.

History: The Howard Smith Building was built c. 1900 for a Victorian shipping company founded by Captain William Howard Smith in 1854. They are not recorded as working from this building but rather the Frank Cadd Building next door in Phillimore St.

By 1893 Messrs. Howard Smith & Son had expanded into Western Australia and were loading coal at Newcastle, NSW, for Roebuck Bay, WA.

1896 The oft-recurring trouble with the goods traffic has again reached fever heat. Ship-owners and merchants, in casting around desperately for a remedy, have revived the old idea of laying a light line of railway to Owen's Anchorage for the special accomodation of timber ships, so as to leave the Fremantle Pier comparatively free for steamers, The steamship agents at Fremantle, on Wednesday invited members of the Ministry and prominent officials to visit Owen's Anchorage… included F. Newman (Howard, Smith and Son, Limited) (reference)

1900 Photo of Mr F W Newman (Representing Howard Smith & Sons) and other members of the Steamship Owners Association WA Branch (reference)

In 1902 they were based in the Phillimore Chambers (reference)

1904 S.S. " BOMBALA'“ LATEST INTER-STATE COASTING TRADER. WE publish herewith a photo of the s.s. "Bombala," the latest addition to the fleet of the Howard Smith Co., Ltd. Her saloon passenger accommodation is exceptionally luxurious, and the cabins; both on deck and below are very roomy and well ventilated… she has started on a four-weekly service between Sydney, Melbourne Adelaide, and Fremantle… (reference)

1931 HOWARD SMITH'S PROFITS. A substantial reduction In profits is disclosed by Howard Smith, Ltd., as a result of its operations for the year ended December 31, net income for the term being only £18.801 compared with £75,874. The directors explain that trading was very, seriously affected by the acute depression throughout Australia… (reference)

In 2002 Notre Dame became a national university and made the decision to make health education a priority and, therefore, to establish a Medical School and Schools of Health Sciences, Nursing and Physiotherapy in Fremantle… The Foundation Dean of Health was Professor Michael Quinlan, and the Foundation Head of Nursing was Professor Doreen McCarthy, formerly head of nursing at Royal Perth Hospital and supported by Selma Alliex. From the Founding and Establishment of Notre Dame, 1986-2014 by Peter Tannock 2014

The building is currently occupied by the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Notre Dame University, which enrolled the first 24 students on 14 Feb 2000. The University spent A$2.78 million on refurbishing both the Howard Smith and the neighbouring Australian United Steam Navigation Company Building prior to moving in. The architect for the renovation was Marcus Collins and the builder was Bill Fairweather.

OCCUPANTS

1829-1879 Lot 27: Samson, Lionel

No. 1 (was 9 pre 1938)

1900 WA Forwarding Co.

1900 - 1901

Allen Joseph F, architect

Nunn C M, licensed surveyor

Denny Bros, engineers

1901 - 1908 Commercial Travellers' & Warehousemen's Association of WA (Incorp.) W S Lecky, secretary

1910 (known as No 13) Masonic Club, George B Humble, secretary (1910), John Griffiths (1911)

1913 - 1914 (13) W A Whaling Co. Ltd, A Stang, representative & J. P. consul for Norway

1914 Prior, David H

1916 - 1921

Davies, George

Lewis, Archibald H

1917 - 1920 Anderson, Captain Magnus V

1918 Bagster, C H, dentist

1919 Veale, R S

1921

Collyer, A F

Peter, James

1922 Buffalo Club Ltd (E P Cooper, secretary)

1923 - 1949 MELBOURNE STEAM-SHIP CO. LTD.

1923-1935 A W Leonard, manager for WA

1935-1938 John Munro, manager for WA

1938-1946 H.L. Morgan, manager

1947- C.C. Porter, manager

Agents at Geraldton, Bunbury, Albany, Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, Busselton, Flinder's Bay & Dongarra and Australian Paint & Composition Co Ltd (The) (from 1931).

No. 3 (was 11 pre 1938)

1923 - 1949 Fremantle Stevedoring Co. Ltd.

1927 - 1949 Bunbury Stevedoring Co. Ltd.

1936 - 1943 Anderson, Mrs A

1944 - 1949 Casserley, Mary

2-8 Mouat St

Notre Dame University ND36 - School of Education - , His Lordship's Larder, His Majesty's Hotel, Phillimore's Hotel, corner Phillimore and Mouat Sts.

Lot 39 was originally owned by H Willet & Co. (1829-1837) then Morgan King &Co. (1846-59) and Lot 40 by J.M. Davey (1829-1837) then both sold to L. A Manning in 1876.

“An old widow lady named Mrs Agett resided in a fairly large bungalow house on the site now occupied by His Majesty’s Hotel. During the gold boom times this house underwent alterations and additions, and became Fremantle’s first café under the name of ‘His Lordship’s Larder’. In course of time a hotel license was secured, and the old building gave place to the present modern structure”. Hitchcock, Early Days of Fremantle (reference)

She may have been related to a Mr Agett, who worked as a clerk in the Custom department, Fremantle from 1850- 1853 (reference) In 1860 Mrs Agett is recorded as having received may casks of liquor via shipping documents. In 1862 she is recorded selling women’s clothes from ‘Beach House, Moate St (sic)’. (reference) By 1886 she is trading from Henry St. (reference).

Charles Henry Pierce (1860-1913), originally from New Zealand, came to Fremantle in 1886 and was the proprietor of His Lordships Larder until a few months before his death in 1913. He married Elizabeth Hughes, daughter of local Captain, David Hughes in 1885. He also served as a Fremantle councillor. (You can read his biography here)

1897 His Lordship’s Larder- One of the oldest and most popular hostelries at the Port of Fremantle. The proprietor is Mr C. H. Pierce, who is the oldest Boniface in Fremantle. Visitors to the Port from the interior goldfields, or new arrivals by sea, are always sure of a hearty welcome at the Larder, where the purest of good liquors are dispensed. There is an excellent billiard room, which is always well conducted... (reference) (see photo) 

Dec 1898 The refurbishing and enlarging of His Lordship’s Larder. Pierce and Murphy proprietors…showing Saloon Bar (reference)

August 1900 Mr. Pierce, in response to an influential requisition, consented to nominate himself for the vacancy in the Fremantle Council caused by the retirement of Mr. R. Laurie. (reference) He was successfully elected as a representative of the East Ward of the Fremantle Municipality. (reference)      

29th June 1901- A PRETTY AVIARY. SOME BEAUTIFUL BIRDS. Very few people passing by His Lordship's Larder Hotel, would imagine that in the trellised courtyard in the centre of the building there was to be found one of the finest collections of small birds and parrots to be seen in WA. Mr. Charles Pierce, the genial landlord, is noted for the pride he takes, not only in sport of every kind, but also for his lore of the feathered tribes. Seeing that at Fremantle Dog and Poultry Show last week Mr Pierce gained such signal success with all his exhibits, a representative interviewed him with a view to inspect his collection, which is always opened to the public, and which is well worth a visit. Canaries are one of his chief hobbies, and in the spacious aviaries, of which there are three, may be seen about 70 of the sweet songsters… The whole place is kept in most perfect order, and during the summer time is a blaze of flowers. Mr. Pierce spares neither time nor money in making his collection as complete as possible. (reference)

In 1903 Fremantle experienced an outbreak of Bubonic Plague:

Two days ago a yardman employed at His Lordship's Larder Hotel fell ill, and last night, becoming worse, called in a medical man. The latter, finding suspicious symptoms, referred the case to Dr. Anderson, who this morning examined the patient and had no difficulty in pronouncing his illness as bubonic plague. The victim's name is Percy Cartwright, aged 27, and he has been employed at the hotel for about seven months. He resided on the premises…. the hotel should at once be closed. Besides the victim there are at the hotel 15 contacts: three adult men, six adult ladies, and six children. Arrangements are being made this afternoon for the removal of the contacts to Woodman's Point…. Amongst the rats examined by Dr Anderson this morning three were found to be infected with bubonic plague. These all came from Victoria Quay. (reference)

1903 The Lordships Larder was demolished and a new Hotel - His Majesty’s Hotel planned. (reference)

1904 One of the most striking features, amongst the building improvements at the Port is the change which has come over the scene at the corner of Mouatt and Phillimore streets, where a large and handsome hotel has taken the place of His Lordship's Larder, which for so many years kept pace in the progressive movement of the town Messrs. Pierce and Murphy, the licensees, are now established in one of the most up-to-date houses in Fremantle, which has been erected at a cost of about £7,000. The base of the building comprises Cottesloe freestone, and the upper portion is of tuck-pointed brick work. Spacious balconies surround the structure, forming a handsome ornamentation to an artistically designed building. (reference)

The new Hotel was designed by T. Anthoness, and built by Taylor.

1905 About a fortnight ago the licensed victuallers of Fremantle met in solemn conclave and decided to form a branch of the Licensed Victuallers' Association. They elected as their first president Mr J. B. Murphy, licensee of His Majesty's Hotel, whose portrait is here given. About a year ago Mr Murpliy took over the management of His Majesty's Hotel, and still reigns there… (reference)

1919 The proprietor was Gordon Staples.

1920 Irish National Foresters Convention, The 24th. Annual Convention of the Irish National Foresters was held at His Majesty's Hotel, Fremantle…There was a fine gathering of delegates from the branches, including a representation from the Goldfields. (reference)

1926 Proprietor C Jackson was accused of harboring ‘scabs’ at His Majesty’s hotel, Fremantle during the 1919 Lumpers riots by Miss Cecelia Shelley, president of the Hotel and Restaurants union. He vigorously defended himself… (reference)

1931 The death occurred at Fremantle early this morning of Mr. Arthur Edmund Bursey, licensee of His Majesty's Hotel. Fremantle. Deceased was born in Berkshire (England) 70 years ago, and came to WA in 1901. Prior to taking over His Majesty's Hotel early this year he conducted the Newmarket Hotel, South Fremantle… (reference)

1950 A yardman at His Majesty's Hotel bought two lottery tickets. One was for Mrs. Maude Moore who also works at the hotel, and the other was shared between them. Today, Mrs. Moore s ticket won the £3000 first prize. Mrs. Moore said that for the 11 months she had been working at the hotel she had been taking lottery tickets with the yardman. This time she had a separate ticket as well. She said her first job was to tell her 11-year-old son who was in Westminster Hospital waiting to have his tonsils removed. Mrs. Moore said she had no definite plans on how to spend the £3000 but she would like a trip .Daily News, Friday 14 April 1950, page 4 (reference) (see photo)

The building was restored substantially in 1999 for the America’s Cup Defence.

c. 1994 the University of Notre Dame purchased, through low interest loan from the State Government, several run-down historic hotels in the West End.

2005: NDUA School of Religious Education, School of Teaching and College of Education.

2021 ND36- School of Education

OCCUPANTS

No. 2

1899 - 1905 HIS LORDSHIP‘S LARDER HOTEL

1899 - 1901 Pierce & Murphy

1902 - 1905 Pierce, Charles H

1906 - 1949 HIS MAJESTY’S HOTEL

1906 Murphy, J B

1907 Pierce, Mrs E

1908 - 1911 Pierce, Charles H

1912 - 1914 Thompson, William H

1915 Moylan, James

No. 4

1918

Johnson & Co Ltd, W, shipping agents
Collie Coal Co Ltd
Scottish Collieries Ltd

1919 vacant

1920 Ross & McInerney, customs, shipping & forwarding agents

No. 6

1905 - 1941 Meikle, Alexander, tobacconist

1941 - 1949 Meikle, Sydney W, hairdresser, tobacconist

No. 8

1914 Thomas & Co. M, baggage agents

1916 - 1918 Vann & Co, carriers, baggage, & shipping agents (George H Colebrook, manager)

1919 - 1920 McCorkill Ltd, merchants and shipping agents

1921 - 1922 Brown, Ebenr, baggage & ships' agents

1923 Vacant

1924 - 1925 Bolton, Long & Co, carriers & customs agents

1926 - 1928 Anderson H & F, confectioners

1929 - 1936 Hardeman, Mrs Daisy, confectioner tea rooms

1936 - 1941 Robertson, Miss Margaret, confectioner & tea rooms

1941 - 1943 O'Flaherty, Mrs Alice, refreshment rooms

1944 vacant

1945 Stewart, Mrs Lou, mixed business

1946 vacant

1947 - 1949 The Tucker Box, refreshment rooms

7 Mouat St

7-9 Mouat St ( Pre 1938- 21 Mouat St)

Notre Dame University ND31 - School of Nursing & Midwifery - Commercial Bank (fmr)

Two storey rendered building with a truncated corner adjoining 18 High Street, with a zero setback from the pavement. The ground floor has ashlar effect rendering and the first floor features quoining. The decorative parapet has engaged low piers above a bracketed cornice.

In 1884 the National Bank purchased the property. 1902/03 the Commercial Bank was on the corner office.

1912 NEW COMPANIES. The following new companies were registered at the Supreme Court: Lysaght Galvanised Iron Proprietary, Ltd., power of attorney to John Moss Davey- registered office, 21 Mouatt-street, Fremantle. (reference)

1912 LYSAGHT'S GALVANISED WIRE NETTING. Bird, Rabbit, Kangaroo, Wallaby, Dog, Sheep, Pig and Crossbred Ram Proof. Also for Poultry Runs and Tennis Courts. ½inch to 4 inch mesh. 2 ft. to 6 ft. wide. Gauges from 22 to 12. (reference)

1914 GALVANISED IRON ADVANCE. Perth, Aug 12. Acting under instructions cabled from London, the local branch office of Messrs. Lysaght, Ltd. have announced that owing to the increased cost of production, freight and insurance, the price of galvanised iron has been increased 30/ per ton. In addition to this the firm has been compelled to resist the rush of orders by declining to supply retail houses with more than their average supply. At the present time the supplies on hand are normal, and a further supply is expected to reach Fremantle by the s.s. Needles, which is due Thursday. (reference)

1915 DEATH John Moss DAVEY, beloved husband of Sarah Davey, late manager Lysaght's Galvanised Iron Proprietary, Ltd., in his 74th year. (reference)

1922 Lysaght's galvanised iron works at Port Waratah are to be closed down. About 800 men will be added to Newcastle's large unemployed population. The high cost of production is said to be the cause. (reference) (The timing of this closure coincides with the disappearance of Lysaght’s from their address in Mouat-st.)

1926 Robert Corkhill has since the day of 47 years ago dealt with the output of galvanised iron. He started the business at South Melbourne and never, counts the trees as he rides in a train but makes it a rule to think about the product of different gauges and people who have half a ton on the roof never imagine the little man has for 29 years handled the great majority of the commodity so dear on the goldflelds…Bob has handled more iron, plain and corrugated, than all the ships in Fremantle Harbour today could load up, and boasts he never lost a single sheet, so he is a head storeman highly prized by Lysaughts who make it a standard practice to see old employes are well catered for and the response is satisfactory in loyalty to the firm. (reference)

1947 The undermentioned depots are available for the receipt of gifts of food and clothing to the British Flood Relief Red Cross Appeal- Bulk and packing stores: John Lysaught (Aust.) Ltd. Pakenham street. Fremantle. (reference)

In 2002 the building was vacant, until used by Notre Dame University for athe School of Nursing and Midwifery.

OCCUPANTS

7-9 Mouat St

1911 - 1912 Victoria Galvanised Iron & Wire Co. (J. M. Davey, manager.)

1913 - 1915 Lysaghts Galvanised Iron Proprietary Ltd. (J. M. Davey, manager.)

1916 - 1919 Lysaghts Galvanised Iron Pty Ltd (F L Walker, manager)

1920 - 1921 Lysaght, John (Australia) Ltd, galvanised iron merchants

1922 - 1923 Westralian Farmers Ltd (shipping office)

Commonwealth Govt Line of Steamers

1924 - 1929 Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line of Steamers

1930 - 1938 Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line

18 Mouat St/22 High St

Notre Dame University ND28 - now School of Physiotherapy

Former Western Australian Bank, Bank of New South Wales, Kreglinger Buildings,

16-20 Mouat St, 22 High St

Lot 43 and 44 were originally owned by Hugh McDonald (1829-1837), then transferred to Alex Francisco (1855-1879).

Alexander Francisco arrived in WA in 1840 with his wife Charlotte and first child Lucy. He first was the publican for the Crown & Thistle in High St ( 1841-1849) and was also a Director of the Western Australian Bank from its formation in 1841 until his death in 1878. In April 1848 he was elected as Treasurer of a committee to introduce an Act to Provide for the improvement of the towns in the colony of Western Australia. Charlotte was a committee member of this same group. He was also a member of the Fremantle Town Trust (1848-, 1857-63, 1865-66).

In 1852, on the death of Charlotte, Alex took his five children back to England. He remarried there and returned to Fremantle with his second wife Julia Augusta and three daughters, on the Aerolite in 1855.

He worked as ‘second clerk’ at the Convict Establishment and operated a General Store and Post Office from this site-on the corner of Mouat and High Sts. He was ‘Fremantle Postmaster’ (1861-68 & 1873-1878), taking over the position from Walter Bateman. When Alex Francisco died in 1878 the Post Office was moved to a Government building at the corner of Cliff and Marine Terrace and the position of postmaster taken by L.J. Stirling (reference) . After his death the property was sold to the Bank of Western Australia by his wife Julia Augusta Francisco:

1880 “With Mrs Francisco for the purchase of her premises in High St, Fremantle for our Fremantle Branch. It is a good site -she wants 2,000 pounds for it, it includes a large warehouse and stables at the back”. The bank paid Mrs Francisco 2,000 pounds for her property (Fri 29 Oct 1880) (Ref: The Hillman Diaries 1877-1884).

The two storey building was designed by J. Talbot Hobbs for the Western Australian Bank and under the Bank of Australasia, it opened in 1891. It is a grand Victorian bank in the Federation Academic Classical style and considered to be one of the finest buildings in Fremantle. It has an ashlar effect on the ground floor and limestone foundations. The decorative parapet has a pediment featuring a decorative arch with the date 'AD 1891'. The pediment over the front entrance is flanked by pilasters with brackets above. There are engaged Corinthian columns on the first floor and engaged low piers below the windows. In 1974 it was classified by National Trust.

The lower part, at rear, in Mouat Street, is a single storey building with a hipped roof.

From 1927-1949 it was the Bank of New South Wales.

2002-2005: Notre Dame made health education a priority and established a Medical School (2002) and Schools of Health Sciences, Nursing and Physiotherapy (2005) on the Fremantle Campus. The School of Physiotherapy opened under the leadership of Brian Edwards, with Elizabeth Henley and Peter Hamer. From The Founding and Establishment of Notre Dame, 1986-2014 by Peter Tannock 2014 (reference)

OccupantS

Lot 43 owners:

1829 - 1837 McDonald, Hugh

1855 - 1879 Francisco, Alex

1880 Mrs Francisco

18 Mouat Street

1903 - 1909 Cook Chambers

1903

Manford & Co. Frank, customs, shipping & forwarding agents &c

Roger & Co. J MacLeod, mercantile brokers & general agents

New Zealand Accident Insurance Co. Agents: N H Baker & Irwin M Moyes, Cliff st

1903 - 1905 Brimage & Co. T F, share brokers

1903 - 1906 Baker, N H, stock & share brokers

1903 - 1907 The West Australian & Western Mail, Newspaper Office

1903 - 1909

Thomas, Horace P, shipping & insurance agent

Cook & Son, Thomas tourists' agents. Horace P Thomas, agent

1904 - 1906 Universal Plate Glass Co. (The), N H Baker, attorney

1905 - 1907 Patriotic Insurance Co., H P Thomas, attorney

1905 - 1909

Brown James, & Alex, coal merchants & steamship owners

Gallop & Co. G F, commercial & shipping agents

1908 - 1909 Guardian Insurance Co. H P Thomas, attorney

1909 Murphy, William A, shipping & customs agent

1909 - 1919 Commonwealth Insurance Co Ltd (fire & marine), R J Lynn, attorney

1909 - 1920 Lynn Ltd, R J, J.P., MLC, shipping and commercial agents

1912 - 1919 Collie Co-op Colleries Ltd

1915 - 1917 Victoria Insurance Co Ltd (fire marine, accident & guarantee) (R J Lynn Ltd., agents)

1923 - 1935 Johnson & Lynn, coaling and shipping agents

1926 - 1935 Fremantle Coal Coy

1933 - 1935

Amalgamated Collieries of WA Ltd

Consulate Netherlands (W Johnson)

1935 - 1936 Vacant

1936 - 1949 Fremantle Lumpers' Union of Workers

1939 - 1943 Seamen's Union of Australasia

Lot 44 owners:

1829 - 1837 Dod, P H

1855 - 1879 Francisco, Alex

1880 Mrs Francisco

22 High Street

1893 - 1927 THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BANK

1893 - 1922 C Leonard Clifton, manager

1923 - 1927 Thomas Harkness, manager

1932- Bank of NSW P R H Calman, manager

1933 - 1940 H J Creed, manager

1941 - 1944 L S Webb, manager

1946 J J Hooper, manager

1947- 1949 Lyle Northcott, manager

It traded as a Westpac branch until 1999.

Notre Dame bought the building c 2002

24 Mouat St

Notre Dame University ND24 and 25 - Formerly Naval Drill Hall, School of Philosophy & Theology

Corner Croke St and Marine Terrace

Lot 1374/1377 (former Crown Land)

In 1924 The Bruce-Page Federal Government built the Drill Hall. It opened as a Naval Cadet Training Centre, named HMAS Cerberus V on 8 October 1926:

1926: The ball was a huge success, some 480 couples being on the floor. The new drill hall is the largest of its kind in the Commonwealth. (reference)

1930 About 250 members of the 44th Battalion marched through 'the main streets of Fremantle on Thursday night. At the Town Hall the Mayor of Fremantle (Mr. F. E. Gibson) took the salute. The battalion marched back to the drill hall, where supper was provided by the Mayor and councillors. At the back of this picture of the drill hall can be seen the battalion colours and some of the trophies won during the past year. (reference)

21 May 1932 NAVAL RESERVE Ball in Drill Hall. The Royal Australian Naval Reserve held the first of their enjoyable naval balls for the season in the drill hall, Mouatt-street, Fremantle, last evening. Streamers of gay tonings radiated from the centre of the ball and the stage was set with a gay leafy scene. Flags and shields of the arms of the States of the Commonwealth decorated the walls, and in the centre there was a model Island with working model of a lighthouse and tiny house attached. The work was chiefly done by Commissioned Instructor O. Harmon and Dr. Martell, and the island followed in general outline Breaksea Island, in St. George's Sound. (reference)

1935 NAVY v. MILITARY BOXING- Naval and military authorities are arranging for the annual Navy versus Military boxing tournament next month. The contest will decide the winner of a trophy, and will be held in the Navy Drill Hall, Cliff-street, Fremantle. Members of the public will be invited. (reference)

1937 A call for men to become Gunners and join the 7th Heavy Artillery Brigade to defend the Australian coastline... 'Enlistment particulars can be had at the Swan Barracks or at Fremantle drill hall’. (reference)

In 1941 the Drill Hall was renamed HMAS Leeuwin. Many naval recruits and cadets received their training and instruction in seamanship, gunnery and navigation at the drill hall before departing to fight in World War II.

1947 Even Fremantle visitors will be surprised at the wide variety of goods produced in Fremantle on show at the Fremantle Industries Fair, which was opened at the Military Drill Hall, Fremantle, by the Minister for Industrial Development (Mr. Watts) last night. The fair has been organised by the Advance Fremantle Association… (reference)

1949 Deaf and dumb player Kevin Cooper (21) , of Plain st., East Perth, won two events at the table tennis tournament held in the Military Drill Hall, Fremantle, this week. Cooper won the final of the City of Fremantle men's handicap singles and, with Miss I. Levitzke, of Hay-st: East Perth, won the mixed handicap doubles, repeating their success of last year. (reference)

In 1964 the Commonwealth Maritime Safety Authority took over the building, made substantial alterations to the exterior and used it as a workshop and offices. (reference)

1999 Notre Dame

The major expansion of the Fremantle Campus beyond the original properties involved the acquisition of the Drill Hall in Mouat Street, which became a major facility for the University for lectures, and for graduation ceremonies, social functions and public lectures and events. It also contained much-needed academic offices. It was purchased from the Commonwealth through the personal intervention of the then Labor Prime Minister, Mr Paul Keating, following his attendance as guest of honour and principal speaker at a UNDA graduation ceremony in March, 1994. (reference)

ND9 Cnr of Croke and Mouat St

Notre Dame University ND9 - Chapel and Chaplaincy

Bateman Buildings, 1 - 2 Croke St, corner Mouat and Croke St

All the buildings in this group have historic significance and association with the Bateman family who were involved in the shipping industry in Fremantle in the nineteenth century.

The original owners, the Bateman family, arrived from England in 1830. John Bateman supplied provisions for the Swan River colony until his death in 1855. By 1859 his sons, John and Walter Bateman were the colony's leading importers and exporters, with their own fleet of sailing ships.

38 Mouat Street

Notre Dame University ND8 - Holy Spirit Chapel

This building is found on the corner of Mouat and Croke Streets with an entrance on the northern side through the Bateman Courtyard.

Both Lots part 53 and Lot 54 was originally owned by Lionel Samson (1829-1837), the triangular part (Lot 54) was then briefly transferred to J.P Beete (1855-1858). Lot 53 was purchased by John Wesley Bateman in 1855 and he then bought Lot 54 in 1859.

The building on this site was Bateman's first home; a two storey residence with a cellar and verandah. He gradually acquired many other buildings on this block.

The north wall section of the Chapel with the two Stations of the Cross is all that remains of the original house. The current Chapel building was built some time after 1916. When the University purchased it, the building was derelict and had been used as Bateman Marine Supplies.

c. 1993: The form and style of the Campus refurbished buildings was a product of four main contributors: the University’s newly appointed architect, Marcus Collins, its interior decorator, Angela Chaney, its builder, Bill Fairweather, and Campus and Project Manager, Terry Craig. Refurbishment was donated by Father Tom Phelan and the Holy Spirit Parish of City Beach. The stained glass windows in the Chapel were designed by Ted Gowers, with advice from Father Peter Kenny SJ, and Father Tim Quinlan SJ, and donated to the University by John Honner. A feature of the Chapel is a large, rough-hewn wooden cross which has became an important symbol of the University, especially in graduation ceremonies, when each graduand is presented with a simple jarrah wooden cross as a memoriam of their time at Notre Dame. (reference)

The unique bronze Stations displayed in the courtyards of the Fremantle Campus were a gift from the late Diane Wansbrough, a Governor of the University, and created by artist Peter Schipperheyn.

The University of Notre Dame Australia is guided by Catholic faith and values, and so the Chapel is an important building for Notre Dame University. Mass is currently held in the Chapel Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 12:35pm for staff and students. The University's Holy Spirit Chapel (seating 120) is available for Weddings and during the Covid-19 pandemic the Chaplaincy went online: https://www.facebook.com/ChaplaincyFreo/

34 Mouat Street

Notre Dame University ND7 - Student Centre - (Former) Bateman's Warehouse

Two storey painted brick building with large arched openings on the ground floor and a bull nose verandah The building has a parapet and decorative with engaged low pilasters, decorative cornice, and an arched pediment that has 'Bateman's' written in stucco.

History: Lot 51 was originally owned by Robert Jordan (1829-1837), then transferred to Walter and Ann Pace (1855-1879)

J &W Bateman's, hardware and plumbing supplies, warehouses, etc occupied both sides of Mouat St through to Henry St, including lots 37-38 Mouat St, lots 50-54 Mouat St and lots 67-72, No 47 Henry St.

2013 Notre Dame University

OCCUPANTS

Lot 51 owners:

1829 - 1837 Robert Jordon

1855 - 1879 Pace, Ann

No. 34

1947 - 1949 Bateman Pty Ltd J & W, hardware dealers

26 Mouat Street

Notre Dame University ND6 - Student Recreation Hall - (Former) Strelitz Brothers Warehouse

26 Mouat St (was 38 pre 1938)

Architecture: 26 Mouat Street, was a brick and iron warehouse, built c.1900. The façade is tuck pointed, the north side is rendered and the southern side is face brick. The roof is gabled with a ridge vent (has been re-clad). The façade features three arches with the central arch being the glassed entrance door, and arches either side, windows. There is a circular window in the gable, and a rendered ribbon decoration above the central arch.

History- Lot 47 was originally owned by Adam Armstrong (1829-1837) then transferred to Walter Pace (1855), then Mrs Ann Pace (1856-1859). In 1876 it was purchased by Scott and Hagan, who ran the Victoria Hotel, which became the P&O Hotel next door. Patrick Hagan lived in a house on the site in 1880.

The property was purchased in 1900 by the Richard and Paul Strelitz brothers (see bio), whose main company buildings were located next door at 30 Mouat St (built 1897). The house was demolished and replaced with a warehouse.

Richard Strelitz followed his brother, Paul Strelitz, who came to Australia from Germany in 1886 and in 1894 moved to Western Australia. Richard Strelitz had worked for a shipping firm in Germany before moving to Victoria in 1892 and settled in WA six months later.

In 1894, the brothers established the firm Strelitz Brothers, Merchants and Shipping Agents of Fremantle and Kalgoorlie. One of the key agencies possessed by the firm was the German-Australian Steamship Company, which pioneered direct trade between Europe and WA. They were also agents for Alfred Nobel's Hamburg Explosive Company, Ltd and sold dynamite to the mining industry. They also imported mining machinery and railway material.

Strelitz Bros. took advantage of Fremantle's growth as the major trading port for Western Australia's gold boom and their business expanded.

1906 PERTH AND FREMANTLE, DECLARED PLAGUE-INFECTED BY THE DUTCH INDIES GOVERNMENT. The Central Board of Health has received the following communication from Mr. Paul Strelitz, the Western Australian Consul for the Netherlands Government, Fremantle, 20 Feb., 1906: The Honorable The Colonial Secretary, Perth. Sir, I have the honor to inform you that I have just received cable advice from my Government that the Netherland Indian Government has declared Perth and Fremantle as being infected by bubonic plague. The usual quarantine measures will be applied to all vessels. My Government has further prohibited the importation of carpets, used embroideries, unless they are transported as luggage, or in consequence of a change of domicile. Importation is further prohibited of used bags, rugs, untanned hides, including those salted or treated with arsenic, fresh animal residue, claws, hoofs, raw wool, manes, brushes, hair, originating from the district which has been declared infected, or has been transhipped there. I shall be glad if you will kindly make the above known in the usual way. I have the honor, etc., PAUL STRELITZ, Consul. (reference)

Contrary to historic references of Richard Strelitz being interned as an enemy alien during the 1914 - 1918 war, he was not. But he was under a heavy cloud of suspicion from those who didn’t know him, and he moved his family to Sydney in 1917. Paul later followed with his family and, in NSW, they flourished. The Strelitz brothers sold the building in Mouat St, in 1920 to George Evans, the first paint manufacturer in Western Australia.

1930’s Duncan, Preston & Co

During 1998 the building was extensively restored and the facade reconstructed, including matching patination of the new brickwork to old, by Marcus Collins Architects (MCA).

Notre Dame University (NDU), became the owners in 2011.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 47 owners:

1829 - 1837 Armstrong, Adam

1855 - 1859 Pace, Ann

1876 Scott & Hagan

1877 - 1878 Hagan, P

No. 26

1901 - 1903 Strelitz Bros. (bulk store)

1904 - 1932 Preston Ltd. Duncan, merchants(1926< Preston & Co, Duncan)

1912 - 1932 Gregory, George C, manager

1933 - 1934 vacant

1934 - 1949 Nicholls & Co Ltd, stevedores & labour contractors

21-25 Mouat Street

Notre Dame University ND2 & ND3 - formerly Bateman’s Warehouse

21 - 25 Mouat St (was 47-51 pre 1938)

21 - 23 Mouat Street (ND2 Courtyard) contains a landscape courtyard c. 1990s. A Post-Modern style brick and concrete screen wall stands on the front site boundary. A substantial brick warehouse in the Post-War Modernist style currently stands at 25 Mouat Street (ND3 Student Recreation). The two storey building is built up to the site boundaries on Mouat Street and Croake Lane and covers most of the site.

Originally the site of an old picture garden, access was via a lane way which ran past a row of six c.1880 cottages on the northern border of lot 37.

A stone warehouse, hardware store and plumbing supplies, part of the Bateman Co, occupied lot 38. J &W Bateman, hardware and plumbing supplies, warehouses, etc occupied both sides of Mouat St through to Henry St, including lots 37-38 Mouat St, lots 50-54 Mouat St and lots 67-72 Henry St. This warehouse was demolished c 1937 and the cottages were demolished in 1942.

1944 WANTED for L. V. O'Hara and Co, Fremantle Produce Store, strong willing youth, about 16 years, good chance improving position. Apply Boys' Section National Service Office, Perth. (reference)

1948 LOST between Belmont and Fremantle. Spare 32 x 6 Goodyear Tyre mounted on grey rim. Finder please contact L. V. O'Hara and Co., Fremantle. L2467, reward. (reference)

The brick Post-War Modernist Bateman's Warehouse was constructed at 25 Mouat Street for J. W Bateman c. 1966. 21 - 23.

The warehouses on 21-23 Mouat Street were demolished in 1996 for the development of Notre Dame University buildings.

OCCUPANTS

Lot 36 owners:

1829 - 1837 Chappell & Rogers

1855-1879 W. Chidlow

1856 - 1857 Hodges, Mrs

Lot 37 owners:

1829 - 1837 Chappell, Cleoph

1855 Chidlow

1856 - 1857 Hodges, Mrs

1858 - 1879 Chidlow, W

Lot 38 owners:

1829 - 1837 Dod, Philip H

1855 - 1879 Habgood, R

No. 21 - 23

1933 - 1937 Sadleir Ltd R C, customs, shipping & forwarding agents (bulk storage store)

1937 - 1938 vacant

No. 21

1939 - 1949 O'Hara & Co L V, product merchants

No. 25

1933 - 1934

Jones, W

Dewez, Joseph

Cowie, James

1933 - 1936 Bennet, William

1933 - 1937

Munro, J

Owen, W S

Kelly, Daniel

Love, George

1935 - 1937 Draper, Frederick

1938 - 1940 Stotters Yard, residential

1940 - 1949 Vacant

13-19 Mouat Street

Notre Dame University ND1 - formerly William Sandover Warehouse and P J Morris Building

13-19 Mouat St (was 39-45 pre 1938)

Architecture: This two storey rendered building was built in the Federation Free Classical style. It has ashlar effect pilasters and zero setback from the pavement. There is a decorative parapet with balustrade and bracketed cornice. The ground floor has stucco architraves over arched windows and a central drive through entrance, an attached single storey gateway entrance is on the south side.

1897 - A match between teams representing the Perth and Fremantle branches of Messrs. W. Sandover and Co.'s establishment, was played at Cottesloe on Saturday, April 10, resulting in a win for the Fremantle house. (reference)

1898 - Article and images of Sandover & Co. buildings in Fremantle & Perth: WILLIAM SANDOVER AND CO., Perth, Fremantle & London. "WHILE we live we'll grow." To no business house in Western Australia is this phrase more applicable than to the well-known firm of William Sandover and Co., who, sixteen years ago, established themselves at Fremantle in quite a modest way… All over Western Australia the name of the firm is now a household word. The pearl-diver of the North-West purchases his diving out-fit, the miner of the fields his tools, and the farmer of the Avon Valley his implements from William Sandover and Co. The magnitude of the business transacted by the firm necessitates the employment of three large establishments, the whole-sale and retail house and factory (both of which are situated in Fremantle), and the great retail stores in Perth. In these different branches there are employed over two hundred hands… FREMANTLE: The stocks of all heavy lines for the mining and general wholesale business are kept here and, judging by the large stocks of all mining requirements which are to be seen in their capacious warehouses…  The factory is situated in Mouatt-street, Fremantle, where sixty hands are continually employed. Here is to be seen the latest machinery for manufacturing tinware in - all its branches, wire mattresses, bedding, spouting and ridging, and all classes of general iron work. Special attention is being paid to the important industry of wire-mattress weaving, the firm having the sole patent rights for Western Australia. (reference)

1903 Drs. Blackburn and Anderson paid a visit of inspection to the premises of Messrs. W. Sandover and Co., in High-street, this morning, and found no reason to recommend that the establishment should be placed in quarantine. Half of the assistants were inoculated by Dr. Anderson, and the others will be treated this afternoon. It was decided not to recommend that the establishment should be placed in quarantine, because the firm intends removing into new premises at an early date. (reference)

1903 The inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Duncan Reid, a painter, who fell through the roof of Sandover's warehouse, Mouatt street, Fremantle, was resumed by Mr. R, Fairbairn, R.M., and the jury of three, this morning. Mr. J. C. Ross watched the proceedings on behalf of the relatives. Dr. White gave evidence that the deceased sustained a fracture to the skull, which Dr. Laurie, acting-surgeon at the Public Hospital, deposed as the cause of death. Evidence as to the circumstances of the fall was given by Richard Romer, George Thomas and Sydney Caporn, employees at the warehouse. (reference)

1940 Smart lad wanted, about 17 years. Apply Fremantle Bag Co., 19 Mouatt-st., 10 o'clock. (reference)

1942 Boy under 16 wanted. Fremantle Bag Company. 19 Mouatt-st. (reference)

1946 AUCTION- under instructions from Messrs. Gollin and Company Pty. Ltd: Warehouses Nos. 13 - 19 Mouatt-st., near High-st. Convenient to wharves. (reference)

1992 Notre Dame

In February 1992 the University enrolled its first students, about 50 of them, all postgraduate, in its newly opened College of Education building (ND1). The majority of these foundation-year students were full-time one-year Diploma in Education candidates. Their coordinator and mentor was Brother Pat Carey cfc. Other students enrolled in the new Master of Educational Leadership course. Many of the latter students were senior staff from metropolitan Catholic schools. This UNDA College of Education was led by its experienced new Dean, Professor Tony Ryan, who was seconded for two years from his position as Dean of Education at Curtin University to initiate teacher education at Notre Dame. Professor Ryan, and early staff including David Carter, Kevin Casey, Kevin Barry, Brother Jack Dwyer FMS, Sister Leonie O’Brien RSM, Sister Eileen Lenihan RSJ, and Brother John Carrigg cfc, made major contributions to the early development of Notre Dame in this vital first academic venture in Education by the new University. Information taken from The Founding and Establishment of Notre Dame, 1986-2014 by Peter Tannock 2014 (reference)

Occupants

Lots 33,34,35 and iron store rooms on lot 36 were originally owned by W & P Chidlow (1829-1855), Mrs Hodges (1855-56), William Chidlow (1857-1879)

No. 13-15 (was 39-41 pre 1938)

1902 - 1903 Sandover & Co, William, merchants & importers

1902- 1923 Harris, Scarfe & Sandover's Ltd, Iron, hardware, and machinery merchants, wholesale & retail ironmongers (1902-1920 Sandover & Co, William, 1921 -1922 Sandover's Ltd)

1924 vacant

1925 - 1939 Holmes & Coy Ltd, Richard (bond & free stores)

1939 - 1944 Rhodes A V, wool merchants

No. 17

1938 - 1939 Holmes & Co Ltd, Richard, bond & free stores

No. 19 (was 45 pre 1938)

1914

Dunstan, Mrs J

Olsen, John

1914 - 1915 Close, George

1914 - 1932 Love, George

1915 Neary, John

1915 - 1919 Jones, Frank

1915 - 1922 Young, Charles

1915 - 1926 Dixon, Adam

1916 - 1921 Patterson, John

1916 - 1931 Hooligan, William

1920 Johnston, Frederick

1921 McDonald, Colin

1922 - 1929 Olsen, Joseph

1922 - 1932 Bennett, William

1923

Harper & Co Ltd, Robert (E Wilson, manager), merchants (temporary premises)

Devine, John

1924 Avard, Martin

1925 - 1927 Elder, Smith & Co Ltd (merchandise department)

1926 Foley, James

1928 - 1930 Gadsden Pty Ltd, J (bulk store)

1928 - 1932 Kelly, Daniel

1930 Wills, August

1931 - 1932

Sadlier, R C (bulk store)

Jones, W

Munro, J

Owen, W S

1935 - 1937 Esperance Salt Coy

1939 - 1944 Fremantle Bag Co. Bag & Sack Merchants, (upstairs) WA Wool Merchants Association

1945 - 1949 Department of the Navy