ARCHITECTURE

Interwar Bungalow w Georgian Influences

No 59 Oakover Street is a single storey house constructed in brick and rendered brick with a hipped and gable corrugated iron roof. It is an expression of the Inter-War Bungalow style. It is symmetrically composed with a full width skillion roofed verandah. The verandah is supported on timber posts. A gabled roof is centrally located over the verandah. There is a central door flanked by replacement windows. The roofscape features a brick chimney.

HISTORY

1930 Houses, Etc., To Let. 59 Oakover-St., East Fremantle: Brick House, 4 rooms, vestibule, conveniences, 27/6 per week. (reference)
1932 Crossword Puzzle. No. 63 Competition. Continuation of Prize List. Well It's About Time, H.C. Cooling, 59 Oakover-st., East Fremantle. (reference)
1936 Installation Of Sewerage. J.6952. House No. 59 Oakover-st., Fremantle. (reference)

Good afternoon, I am sitting with my 96 year old Father Ronald Waters who lived at 59 Oakover Street East Fremantle. His Father William Waters bought the home in 1937 and the family lived in the home ‘from 1937 to 1986’. My Father was one of the three boys with their parents William Waters and Elsie Waters, who lived in this home.
Billy Waters, the eldest boy trained as a pilot in RAAF in WWII.
Ronald Waters trained as a Marine Engineer, then joined the Blue Funnel line, left the Blue Funnel line in 1953 and joined Mcillroy McEachern. He left this company after 18 months and joined the State Shipping Service, Fremantle for about 5 and 1/2 years.
Wally Waters the youngest had his own business. He trained as a sheep ‘wool classer’
Wally was also a prominent East Fremantle footballer in the 1950’s….Loads of stories….
Kind regards, Deanna Shanahan (Ron’s Daughter), correspondence 23 Sept 2025.

see attached photo of deed of sale in 1937