Holland/Forrest Street Heritage Area

Child Places

• 22694 HOUSE, 15 HOLLAND STREET
• 23071 HOUSE, 118 HOLLAND STREET
• 22699 HOUSE, 22 HOLLAND STREET
• 26096 HOUSE, 55 FORREST STREET
• 26094 HOUSE, 6 HOLLAND STREET
• 23084 HOUSE, 34A HOLLAND STREET
• 22715 HOUSE, 12 ONSLOW STREET
• 22702 HOUSE, 26 HOLLAND STREET
• 26106 HOUSE, 129 HOLLAND STREET
• 22683 HOUSE, 13 FORREST STREET
• 22682 HOUSE, 11 FORREST STREET
• 25542 Workers' Homes Board and War Service Homes Precinct, Fremantle
• 25542 Workers' Homes Board and War Service Homes Precinct, Fremantle
• 23095 HOUSE, 61 HOLLAND STREET
• 23168 HOUSE, 70 FORREST STREET
• 23170 HOUSE, 77 FORREST STREET
• 23079 HOUSE, 128 HOLLAND STREET
• 23110 HOUSE, 95 HOLLAND STREET
• 22720 FRANK GIBSON PARK, HIGH STREET
• 18585 HOUSE, 124 FORREST STREET
• 22698 DUPLEX, 19 HOLLAND STREET
• 20932 HOUSE, 9 HOLLAND STREET
• 23094 HOUSE, 59 HOLLAND STREET
• 22703 HOUSE, 28 HOLLAND STREET
• 22705 HOUSE, 100 HOLLAND STREET
• 23087 HOUSE, 38 HOLLAND STREET
• 22696 HOUSE, 18 HOLLAND STREET
• 23066 HOUSE, 102 FORREST STREET
• 23074 HOUSE, 123 HOLLAND STREET
• 26107 HOUSE, 54 FORREST STREET
• 23085 HOUSE, 35 HOLLAND STREET
• 23166 HOUSE, 67 FORREST STREET
• 22679 HOUSE, 6 CHALMERS STREET
• 23226 HOUSE, 3 AMHERST STREET
• 23214 HOUSE, 83 FORREST STREET
• 26104 HOUSE, 30 FORREST STREET
• 23093 HOUSE, 57 HOLLAND STREET
• 26097 HOUSE, 14 CHALMERS STREET
• 23088 HOUSE, 42 HOLLAND STREET
• 26102 HOUSE, 16 HOLLAND STREET
• 22677 HOUSE, 5 CHALMERS STREET
• 22692 HOUSE, 10 HOLLAND STREET
• 23263 HOUSE, 24 CHALMERS STREET
• 23091 HOUSE, 53 HOLLAND STREET
• 22678 HOUSE, 8 CHALMERS STREET
• 23389 DUPLEX, 7 HOLLAND STREET
• 26093 HOUSE, 92 HOLLAND STREET
• 20648 HOUSE, 100 FORREST STREET
• 22695 DUPLEX, 5 HOLLAND STREET
• 23090 HOUSE, 49 HOLLAND STREET
• 22690 HOUSE, 4 HOLLAND STREET
• 22691 HOUSE, 8 HOLLAND STREET
• 23212 HOUSE, 82 FORREST STREET
• 26092 HOUSE, 94 HOLLAND STREET
• 22700 HOUSE, 24 HOLLAND STREET
• 23086 HOUSE, 37 HOLLAND STREET
• 23089 HOUSE, 47 HOLLAND STREET
• 23083 HOUSE, 17 HOLLAND STREET
• 23215 HOUSE, 86 FORREST STREET
• 23167 HOUSE, 69 FORREST STREET
• 23096 HOUSE, 63 HOLLAND STREeT
• 23067 HOUSE, 102 HOLLAND STREET
• 22704 HOUSE, 43 HOLLAND STREET
• 22706 HOUSE, 107 HOLLAND STREET
• 22685 HOUSE, 19A FORREST STREET
• 23111 HOUSE, 98 HOLLAND STREET
• 22684 HOUSE, 18 FORREST STREET
• 23092 HOUSE, 55 HOLLAND STREET
• 23097 HOUSE, 65 HOLLAND STREET
• 23109 HOUSE, 93 HOLLAND STREET
• 26095 HOUSE, 36 FORREST STREET
• 22708 HOUSE, 116 HOLLAND STREET
• 26100 HOUSE, 47 FORREST STREET
• 23163 HOUSE, 106 FORREST STREET
• 26098 HOUSE, 63 FORREST STREET
• 22687 HOUSE, 92 FORREST STREET
• 22707 HOUSE, 109 HOLLAND STREET
• 23080 HOUSE, 132 HOLLAND STREET
• 22686 HOUSE, 94 FORREST STREET
• 23077 HOUSE, 126 HOLLAND STREET
• 23165 HOUSE, 61 FORREST STREET
• 22689 HOUSE, 2 HOLLAND STREET
• 22701 HOUSE, 25 HOLLAND STREET
• 22681 HOUSE, 20 CHALMERS STREET
• 22697 HOUSE, 20 HOLLAND STREET
• 23069 HOUSE, 106 HOLLAND STREET
• 23390 DUPLEX, 21 HOLLAND STREET
• 23213 HOUSE, 85 FORREST STREET
• 23112 HOUSE, 99 HOLLAND STREET
• 23078 HOUSE, 127 HOLLAND STREET
• 22693 HOUSE, 14 HOLLAND STREET
• 23076 HOUSE, 125 HOLLAND STREET
• 23229 HOUSE, 6 AMHERST STREET
• 23068 HOUSE, 105 HOLLAND STREET
• 26108 HOUSE, 49 FORREST STREET
• 22719 HORRIE LONG RESERVE
• 23169 HOUSE, 75 FORREST STREET
• 23173 HOUSE, 96A FORREST STREET
• 26099 HOUSE, 7 WOOD STREET
• 23073 HOUSE, 122 HOLLAND STREET
• 23108 HOUSE, 89 HOLLAND STREET
• 23171 HOUSE, 78 FORREST STREET
• 23072 HOUSE, 121 HOLLAND STREET
• 22680 HOUSE, 12 CHALMERS STREET
• 22709 HOUSE, 110 HOLLAND STREET
• 20933 HOUSE, 11 HOLLAND STREET
• 20649 HOUSE, 114 FORREST STREET
• 23172 SHOP & HOUSE (FMR), 45 FORREST STREET
• 23075 HOUSE, 124 HOLLAND STREET
• 20466 HOUSE, 3 CHUDLEIGH STREET
• 23070 HOUSE, 108 HOLLAND STREET
• 22495 HOUSE, 73 FORREST STREET

Statement of Significance

Holland/Forrest Street Heritage Area is significant as an area located to the immediate east of the City of Fremantle with a history of settlement dating back to the mid nineteenth century. The area is significant for:
its concentration of mainly modest workers accommodation dating from the gold boom era through to the beginning of WWI;
containing an excellent representation of all three phases of government subsidised housing in Western Australia by the State and Commonwealth during the first half of the twentieth century: early 1913/14 WHB housing (pre-WWI), 1920s War Service Homes houses and later 1930s/40s WHB houses (inter-war/pre-WWII); and,
its expansion into Beaconsfield in the 1930s and the subsequent working class residential development of these areas.

Physical Description

This area is bounded by East Street (western boundary), the rear boundary of lots on Forrest Street excluding the East Fremantle Primary School, (northern boundary), Wilkinson Street (eastern boundary), High Street along Frank Gibson Reserve, and Chudleigh Street to the rear boundary of lots on Holland Street (southern boundary).
Holland and Forrest Streets Heritage Area is comprised predominantly of relatively intact streetscapes of typical workers’ houses. Places include single storey timber framed and weatherboard clad, or limestone and brick and iron clad roof houses dating from the decades of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

History

Subdivision of the land east of Swanbourne Street (East Street) began after 1850, and the allotments were originally at 'farm' proportions.
The Plan of the Town of Fremantle (dated approx. 1882) shows a series of lots set out along Marmion, Forrest, Holland and High Streets as far east as Congdon Street (now Chudleigh St). Houses, naturally were built close to the town centre, then spread further east, with the earliest development occurring on Holland Street from the late 1880s.
Fremantle Harbour Works Plan from 1898 (PWD 6409) shows some of the earliest development, including Joshua Beisley’s dairy (9 Holland Street). Further along Holland Street (No. 136) from 1899 was a house and nursery established by his son William Joshua Beisley. There were some stone cottages and attached pairs scattered throughout the area west of Wood Street by 1900, and continual blocks of development east of it, such as the twelve houses at 90-112 Holland Street, all built by 1902. The East Fremantle Primary School was developed between 1898 and 1901.
The main settlement in this area for residential purposes occurred with the dramatic population increases of the 1890s, due to the influx of immigrants attracted by the discovery of gold.
A second surge of development occurred around 1914 when the government built public housing under the Workers’ Home Board (76-88 Holland Street and 31-43 Forrest Street). Another set of government houses were built in the 1930s (77-87 Holland Street).
The area east of Wilkinson Street was sparsely developed with small business and industry until the 1950s, when a demand for housing after WWII changed the streetscape. This included several blocks of two storey flats, such as those that were built on the former nursery, and flats along Holland Street in the area near Carrington Street.
Since the late 1980s, much of the area has been densely populated by lots being subdivided and new housing and units built.

Integrity/Authenticity

This place is located within the boundaries of the Holland/Forrest Street heritage area which has been included on the City of Fremantle's Municipal Heritage Inventory. Any proposed development must be carried out in accordance with the heritage conservation policies adopted for the heritage area.

Creation Date

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