Please be advised: this website contains the names, images and voices of people who are now deceased.

Collections WA has a responsibility to preserve and make accessible the history and culture of Western Australia in all its various forms. The intention of Collections WA is to support research, and to reveal actions of the past that have impacted upon communities, families, and individuals.

In doing so, Collections WA acknowledges the need to respond sensitively and appropriately in cases when accessing this material may be confronting to Aboriginal visitors and clients.

Please also note: Some historical materials within this portal may include language or opinions that today are considered inappropriate or even offensive. Collections WA does not endorse this language and apologises for any distress caused.

Continue

Continue showing cultural advice

Stop showing cultural advice

Collections WA brings together collections from libraries, galleries, museums, archives, historical societies, cultural organisations, community groups and other collecting organisations across Western Australia.

Claremont Museum > Records

31 Stirling Road, Claremont

« Prev Item Next Item »

Overview

Photograph of a large limestone house. White painted quoins, decorative finial and barge board to gable and posts and railing to front and side verandahs. Central path between eucalypts and lawns leading to steps.

Historical information

Home of the Gardner family in the 950s. Originally named 'Hawthorne'. Built c.1890 by George Edwards. Home constructed from swamp stone (diatomaceous earth) with shell fossils embedded in it. Several homes in the area constructed from same material - could have come from Lake Claremont. House was built on large block and stone sheds backed onto Shenton Road, Claremont.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--5-274-

Item type

Themes

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum.

Copyright and Reference

Copyright and Reference

Copyright category

Life of creator +70 years

Permissions

For authorisation to reproduce, publish or display, please contact the Claremont Museum.

Attribution requirements

Acknowledgements to be made to 'Claremont Museum 05.274'.

Copyright holder

Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

Claremont Museum

Claremont Museum

Organisation Details
View Collection
Item Feedback

Other items from Claremont Museum

31 Stirling Road, Claremont
Source: Claremont Museum 05.274

Media Reuse | View Full Size | Item Feedback

Scan this QR code to open this page on your phone ->

Full size unavailable (you're already seeing this image in its highest resolution available on Collections WA)

Loading...