McQueen Family Home, 36 Devon Road, Claremont

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c. 1912

Overview

Photograph of an ornate two-storey weatherboard house with corrugated iron gabled roof. There are four simple sash windows and an oriel window on the side elevation. Both upper and lower rooms on the right just forward and both have bay windows with striped corrugated shades. The remaining front section features a verandah with balcony above. All gables have decorative barge boards and shingle infill: all windows have plain lower section and small paned upper section. There is a decorative open picket fence in front of the house and through the open gateway three young girls in white can be seen standing on the verandah.

Historical information

John McQueen was born in Forfarshire Scotland and worked his way to Australia as a ship's carpenter. He spent some time in Brisbane where he met Harriet Hannah Southgate. They were married in Victoria and four of their children were born there. They left for Western Australia in 1895 where he worked at the Western Australian Government Railway (WAGR) Workshop in Fremantle (later Midland) as a carpenter. He built his family home at 36 Devon Road, Claremont while living in tents on the property with his family. John and his wife Harriet went on to have three baby boys who died in infancy and then three girls (twins) Hettie and Charlotte and Jessie. Upon Johns death, his daughter Charlotte and her husband moved back into the home for several years.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--9-81-

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Year

c. 1912

Geotag

-31.976614625676, 115.77020980914

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