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Willshire & Feely
15 Pakenham Street; currently the Fremantle Hostel Backpackers.
Heritage Council:
The place is an example of a commercial building dating from the first decades of the twentieth century that forms part of a group of similar places and makes a contribution to the Fremantle Town Centre streetscape. The place is a fine, substantially intact, example of a Federation Warehouse style building that makes a significant contribution to the streetscape.
Two storey building (rendered façade and face brick sides), with half basement ground floor, below street level, and a zero setback from the pavement. The name 'Willshire & Freely' appears under the parapet (probably not original). There is a central entrance with a pair of timber paneled doors, and arched windows with decorative timber awnings. (Heritage Council)
Mr. R. J. WILLSHIRE
Fremantle Business Man Dies Suddenly
Mr. R. J. Willshire of the well-known firm of Willshire and Feely, of Fremantle, died suddenly at Northam last evening. Mr. Willshire, who was a native of South Australia, came to this State 28 years ago as the pioneer representative of D. and J. Fowler and Co of Adelaide. Some years later he left the firm to take the management of Messrs. Wainwright and Co.'s business at Geraldton, which position he occupied for three years, leaving them in order to embark in business for himself at fremantle as merchant and importer, subsequently taking into partnership Mr. F. C. Feely. The deceased gentleman's health first broke down about four years ago, since when he has not taken an active part in the business, leading a less strenuous life than had been his custom. He has only recently returned from a tour of the world, undertaken in the hope of recovering that health which, unfortunately, was denied him. The funeral will take place to-morrow, the cortege leaving the residence of Mrs. Ednie Brown, Davies-road, Claremont, for Karrakatta, at 3 o'clock in tbe afternoon. The Evening Mail, Fremantle, 23 June 1906: 2.
References and Links
Heritage Council page.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 5 December, 2021 and hosted at freotopia.org/buildings/willshirefeely.html (it was last updated on 15 April, 2024). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.