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'Riverside', 51 Victoria Avenue, Claremont

c. 1983
Overview

Front elevation of a very symmetrical house. Decorative design featuring central panelled door with sidelights and fanlight. Casement windows with fanlights on either side of the door. Four pairs of turned verandah posts with iron lace valances. Central steps to verandah and small central gable with decorative woodwork and plaque bearing name 'Riverside'. Lawn and shrubs.

Historical information

In 1906 the name Pensioner Terrace was changed to the 'more aristocratic' Victoria Avenue. Debate in the Claremont Roads Board was vigorous. The 19 Pensioner Guards who arrived with convicts in 1850 each received a residential half-acre lot along Freshwater Bay and a lot for cultivation at Butler's Swamp. Some favoured the recognition of the Pensioner Guards in the street name rather than Queen Victoria.

Victoria Avenue
Streets Of Claremont, Town Of Claremont

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-28--5-277a,b
Item type
Photographs
Themes
Social History
Material
Photographic Materials
Keywords
1980s
Place made
Claremont, Western Australia, Australia
Year
c. 1983
Links to additional resources
Claremont Museum. [www.claremont.wa.gov.au]
Last modified
Monday, 21 September, 2026
Completeness
100
Rights category
Date of creation +70 years
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Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 05.277'.

Rights holder
Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010
Town of Claremont Museum

Town of Claremont Museum

51 Victoria Avenue, Claremont
51 Victoria Avenue, Claremont
Source: Claremont Museum 05.277a
51 Victoria Avenue, Claremont
51 Victoria Avenue, Claremont
Source: Claremont Museum 05.277b

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