During the rapid housing development in Perth and surrounds between 1890 and 1915 most houses were made from double brick walls. To cater for the high ranges of summer temperatures double brick size air vents were inserted into external walls, usually at a height of either one or two brick levels above the floor level. Additionally, single brick cast…
Most early brick houses with external cast iron air vents will have internal plaster vents inserted into the internal walls particularly in the main living areas. Usually they were inserted at a level to compliment the external vents however in many cases they were simply unpopular.Patterns were usually limited to the basic square configuration, however they can be found…
Cast iron door stoppers may be traced back to England and are recorded in the 1860’s with British Registration Diamond stamps and after 1884 a Standard British Reg. No. will show the the exact year they were introduced. Over time many new and varied designs have been introduced and many can be classified as “Second Generation” casts. There are many…
Henry (Harry) Boan arrived in Perth, Western Australia from Broken Hill, NSW around 1894 disillusioned by the union suppression of workers and that had impacted upon his business in Broken Hill. He had been conducting a retail business there and in Perth he set about creating a department store for every day people that survived right through till 1986….
Western Australian based group dedicated to the finding and preservation of relics of all sorts.