46 Princess Road, Claremont

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c. 1983

Overview

Small shop with display window on left and wooden panelled door on right. Attached dwelling on left visible through fence of iron railings. Front of shop painted taupe with ornate pediment, finials iron lace and turned verandah posts etc picked out in white. Verandah emphasised in white. Rear of red car obscuring part of fence.

Historical information

46 Princess Road, Claremont sits on a 405 m² lot (aka 16 perches or approx a tenth of an acre in the 1900s terminology). According to rate books, the original owner was Mrs L A Ince, who owned the property until 1919.

When Agnes King separated from her husband (E A King), who had operated a succession of grocery stores in Claremont, she rented and ran the shop in Princess Road and lived with her two daughters in the attached accommodation. The horse, used for delivery of orders, was left on the vacant lot next door (corner Princess Road and Caxton Road).

The shop was later owned and operated by the Robinson family from 1946 to 1949.

In a real estate swap, the property was given to the McPharlins who in turn sold the property to Mr and Mrs Edwards who had arrived from England.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--5-278

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Material

Photographic Materials

Contextual information

The area where Princess Road is located was first subdivided into large lots in 1895 and then into smaller blocks in the years to 1903. The road was named in honour of Princess Mary (1897-1965), the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Princess Road linked Nedlands Park and Claremont.

Princess Road
Streets Of Claremont, Town Of Claremont

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

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