CLAREMONT RAILWAY STATION MASTER'S HOUSE

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1971

Overview

Coloured prints. (a) Gugeri Street elevation of station master's house showing verandah and two storey, cream-painted stone building with brick quoins to windows and doors. Two white-topped, red brick chimneys are visible over the iron roof. Signs between the verandah posts indicate name of real estate agent tenant and of the building. (b) Closer view showing name [STATION HOUSE] and letter box behind low white picket fence with gate to backyard.

Historical information

The station is 6 rail miles west of Perth on the Fremantle - Guildford railway, opened 1 March 1881. The station was manned from September 1888 to 1 September 1979. Station Master Classification / Grades were C1.3 (1899), C1.6/2 (1905), G.5 (1913), C1.4 (1922, 1937, 1955). Other staff were the Night Officer, Assistant Station Master and Night Station Master. Consists of a group of buildings comprising main station, Station Master's house (limestone), and platform, island platform and waiting rooms (timber) overhead bridge connecting platforms, Signal Box (timber), and the goods shed (corrugated iron). Constructed to the design of George Temple Poole. The Railway Station in Claremont was closed in 1979 with the closure of the Perth/Fremantle line. The line only was re-opened on 29th July 1983. Claremont Railway Station is National Trust classified. It is the only Victorian - era railway station operating in the metropolitan area.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--12-2-a,b

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Year

1971

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-31.980660497575, 115.78141768221
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Claremont Museum.

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Wednesday, 24 September, 2025

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