Heritage TitlePROSPECT HOUSE (DEMOLISHED), 33 ADELAIDE STREETAddress33 Adelaide Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No22909Location DescriptionStreet Number33Construction Commenced1886Year Of Demolition1968Construction MaterialFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceProspect House (Demolished 1968), 33 Adelaide Street, is significant as a site because it was built in 1886 for William Dockray Jackson, who arrived in Western Australia c1840. He was a Rottnest Island Pilot Boat Captain, and Superintendent of Rottnest Island from 1867-1885.ArchaeologyConditionDEMOLISHEDHistoryAdelaide St is one of the earliest streets of Fremantle, appearing in the 1833 survey. It is named for Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV. Fremantle rate books show that the first owner from 1886 was William Dockray Jackson, who arrived in WA c1840. He was a Rottnest Island Pilot Boat Captain and Superintendent of the island from 1867-1885. Jackson died in 1897. In 1898, Jane Elizabeth Martin ran the building as a boarding house. The owner by 1903-04 was Maud Jackson, daughter of Captain Jackson. Subsequent owners were WA Trustees (1907-11), Dr Martell (1921) who ran a Doctor’s surgery, Dr Martell & H.H. Field (1923), Guglielmo Giacone and Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition (1951), who ran the building as a Lodging house (1962). In 1964 Edward Robert Connolly joined ownership with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition. In 1968 the original building was demolished, and a shop was built by Edward Robert Connolly. Occupants since then include Ernest Robert Beech & Enid Goldsmith (1968), Hair Cosmo (1984-85) and Ferrari Formal Suit Hire (2008). Current building dates from 1968.Physical DescriptionDEMOLISHEDAssociationWilliam Dockray JacksonPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: OtherPresent Use – COMMERCIAL: Shop\Retail Store {single}Architectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityDEMOLISHEDPlace TypeIndividual Building or Group
Local Government Statutory Heritage Listings
Local Government Statutory Listing CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Statutory Listing TypeHeritage ListLocal Government Statutory Listing StatusYesLocal Government Statutory Listing Date8/03/2007
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey
Local Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey CustodianCity of FremantleLocal Government Non-Statutory Local Heritage Survey Date18/09/2000Local Government Non-Statutory Listing Local Heritage Survey Management CategoryHistoric/Archaeological Site
Adelaide Street, 33, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 07/04/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/26153
