Bay View Terrace, Claremont

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c. 1910

Overview

Postcard of Bay View Terrace looking towards the Perth-Fremantle Road (later Stirling Highway) from near the Hotel Claremont. Brewery delivery van parked outside Hotel Claremont. Two horse drawn carts further along Bay View Terrace. Electric light poles.

Historical information

Postcard received in the post by Town of Claremont with an accompanying note 'Sirs, Maybe this old post card could be of interest, otherwise I would be throwing it out. Hoping it brings back memories for an old member. A friend.'

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-28--5-1

Item type

Postcards

Material

Photographic Materials

Inscriptions and markings

'Bay View Terrace, Claremont, W.A. printed in red in lower left corner. The name 'G. Lance' has been written in blue ink on reverse of post ard along right hand side.

Contextual information

Bay View Terrace was the principal thoroughfare through Claremont from the Railway Station to the foreshore at Freshwater Bay. Lots offered in 1885 boasted that the land was 'situated on the summit of a gentle rise and overlooking Freshwater Bay and within a very short distance of the sea.' The southern part of the 'terrace' was once called Humble Road. The views of the bay 'down the terrace' were lost from 1897, when a series of buildings, known as Matheson Terrace and later Bay View Mansions were constructed.

Streets Of Claremont, Town Of Claremont

Keywords

1900s

1910s

Place made

Claremont, Western Australia, Australia

Year

c. 1910

Links to additional resources

Claremont Museum. [www.claremont.wa.gov.au]

Last modified

Monday, 5 October, 2026