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William Angwin
William Charles Angwin (8 May 1863 – 9 June 1944) was an Australian politician who was Deputy Premier of Western Australia 1924-27, and Agent-General for Western Australia in London 1927-33. Born in Cornwall, he worked as a carpenter and builder before moving to Australia. He was a founding member of the East Fremantle Municipal Council and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party from 1904 until 1927, representing the seats of East Fremantle and North-East Fremantle. Wikipedia.
W.C. Angwin with the other East Fremantle councillors in 1925. Fremantle Library photo #55-02.
Angwin Street, which goes up the hill opposite the East Fremantle Post Office, was renamed for him (it was formerly Bellevue Street), but his own house was/is at 3 Glyde Street. Angwin died on 9 June 1944 in East Fremantle, and was buried in the Methodist section of Fremantle Cemetery.
References and links
Streets of East Freo page for Angwin.
Wikipedia 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 26 June, 2015 and hosted at freotopia.org/people/angwin.html (it was last updated on 15 January, 2024). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.