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PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): HOUSE, LOT 375 MUELLER (ROBERTS) ROAD, SUBIACO KNOWN AS 'JONES' FOLLY'

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1896

Overview

Copy of a sepia photograph of the first brick house in Subiaco, built by John Rowland Jones in 1886. The house features a corrugated iron roof, iron lace on the verandah and a bay window. A well was sunk in the area behind the house before it was built, and was an important facility for settlers and Afghan camel drivers.
Reverse: On back of original: 'taken 1896 Mum, Eva, Dad, Bowen, Frank, Fred, Jack'

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cwa-org-43-2000.102

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Photographic Paper

Width

260 mm

Height or length

205 mm

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Statement of significance

First house in Subiaco - historical importance

Last modified

Sunday, 22 June, 2025

Completeness

83

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PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): HOUSE, LOT 375 MUELLER (ROBERTS) ROAD, SUBIACO, KNOWN AS 'JONES FOLLY'
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