ARCHITECTURE

Federation / Post War / Georgian Influences Ethnic Adapt.

No. 74 (previously was no. 146) King Street is a single storey house constructed in rendered brick with a tiled roof. The place is a Federation Bunglaow that has been modified with Immigrant Nostalgia overlays. The walls have been rendered. The verandah has been replaced with a full width flat concrete awning on steel poles.

HISTORY

1922 Funeral. The Friends of Mr. William Small, are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late beloved wife, Emily, to the Church of England Cemetery, Fremantle. The Funeral will leave the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. William Mackay, 146 King-street, East Fremantle… (reference)
1926 Death on February 12, at Fremantle, Olive Christina, dearly beloved wife of William Mackay, of 146 King-street, East Fremantle, and fond mother of Nellie, Jean and Thelma; aged 32 years. (reference)
1926 Funeral. The Friends of Mr. William Mackay, of the Terminus Hotel, Fremantle. are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late dearly beloved wife Olive Christina, to the place of interment, the Church of England Cemetery,Fremantle. The Funeral will Ieave her Iate residence, 146 King-street. East Fremantle (reference) and The Members of The Barmaid’s And Barmen’s Union are respectfully invited to follow the remains of the late Mrs. Olive Christina Mackay, dearly beloved wife of Mr. William Mackay, of the Terminus Hotel, Fremantle. (reference)
1929 Dear Auntie Kitty, It is such a long time since I wrote you last, and I hope you have not forgotten me. I am In sixth class at school and I have just turned 11. We went over to Rottnest for the holidays and had an enjoyable time. The swimming was refreshing on the hot days, and we often went for picnics. We bad a lot of grapes off the vines this year, and mother made grape jam, and about 45 pounds of fig jam. I will send in some riddles. Hoping to see them in print. I remain your would-be niece, Nellie Mackay, 146 King-street, East Fremantle. (reference)
Correspondence from Henry Di Paolo August 2025:
I can give you some additional information on this house as it was my childhood home. My parents, Giuseppe and Anna Di Paolo emigrated to Australia in the late 50's and lived in Northam for a few years before moving to King St. I am not certain what year they bought this property, but I would guess early 60's as I lived there from birth in 1968 as did my older brother from 1965. I also had 2 older sisters, one born in Northam and one born
in Italy. Dad did many "Immigrant Nostalgia" renovations on the property himself. I'm unsure when the the front garage and flat concrete awning was built as I always remember it being there. It's possible my Day built it or likely it was done just prior to him purchasing it. All other renovations were done by him including the render, tile roof (it was
originally galvanised iron), new windows (timber awning to replace double hung), a kitchen/dining extension followed by a bathroom/laundry/bedroom extension, followed by a large brick and screen enclosed outdoor area. When he first purchased the house it was literally 4 large rooms with a corridor down the middle and an outdoor bathroom, toilet and laundry house. Your description says it was built of brick, however, the original 4 room house was built from limestone, about 1ft thick.
All four kids grew up in that house and attended East Fremantle Primary School, followed by John Curtin Senior High School. The house was sold in 1985 as I finished my final year of high school. I hope that gives some background, particularly regarding the Immigrant Nostalgia overlays.