PHOTOGRAPH: 217 TOWNSHEND ROAD, NATIONAL ESTATE SURVEY COLLECTION
1985Coloured photograph of a house at 217 Townshend Road. The house has a gable with an architectural ornament on the wall beneath. The house has a brick chimney. The roof is made of red tiles. There is a verandah supported by decorated wooden beams. There are decorative wooden frameworks attached beneath the roof of the verandah. There are trees and bushes surrounding the house.
Reverse: Written on the reverse in blue pen '217 Townshend'
James Chesters, an investor from Melbourne, purchased Perth Suburban Lots 249 to 252 in October 1891. In the following year he commenced selling residential lots in a newly subdivided estate laid out as Deposited Plan 504 (extending across Perth Suburban Lots 249 and 250). Lots 188 to 192 were eventually acquired by a local builder, Thomas Green, who built his own home on Lot 189 and Part Lots 188 & 190 (217 Townshend Road) in c.1913 (entered in the Rates Book under the name of Thomas’ wife, Sophia).
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Ian Molyneux
From a series of photographs taken by Ian Molyneux for the National Estate Survey of Subiaco in 1985.
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- TROLLEY: OLD HAND TROLLEY, METAL AND WOOD
- METAL SIGN: 'PROGRAMMES'
- TOY: WOODEN RIFLE GUN
- TOY: WOODEN RIFLE GUN
- POSTCARD: SUBIACO MUNICIPAL GARDENS
- POSTCARD: ROSALIE PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASS PHOTO
- POSTCARD: ROSALIE PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASS PHOTO
