Heritage TitleHOUSE, 9 MALCOLM STREETAddress9 Malcolm Street FREMANTLE WA 6160Geo tag[1] Heritage Place No21228Location DescriptionStreet Number9Construction Commenced1888Construction MaterialRoof – METAL: ZincalumeWall – RENDER: SmoothWall – STONE: LimestoneFormer W.A. Heritage ThemesDEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY: SettlementsStatement Of SignificanceThe place is a good example of a limestone residence in the Victorian Georgian style, representing the expansion of Fremantle in the gold boom period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The place contributes to a substantially intact late nineteenth and early twentieth century streetscape close to the centre of Fremantle.ArchaeologyConditionHistoryMalcolm Street was named for Sir Malcolm Fraser, the Commissioner of Lands and First Agent General for Western Australia in London (1892). According to the oral history of Mavis Hinks, the original owner of number 9 was a sea captain named Mcquire. He also lived in number 11 at one point. Mcquire had four sons and one daughter. Mavis's father was a runaway from Sydney. He was sentenced as a boy to six months on a truancy ship on Sydney Harbour. At the end of six months he absconded to another ship and ended up in Western Australia. Captain Mcquire took him in as a son. As Mavis's father outlived all Captain Mcquires children, the property passed to him. He was a fisherman and had a boat called "May". Mavis was born in number 9 and lived in all three houses on the lot. No 9 was constructed from stone quarried from the hill behind the property. The cottage is unusual in that brick quoining was not used at the corners to bond the stonework. Later king bolts were used to hold the building together. This place received a Fremantle Award in 1996 - Winner in the Heritage Category. Physical DescriptionSingle limestone and rendered quoining house has a zincalume hipped roof. The dropped verandah is supported by timber posts.AssociationPlace UseOriginal Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residencePresent Use – RESIDENTIAL: Single storey residenceArchitectural StylesIntegrity/AuthenticityPlace TypePrecinct or Streetscape
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 CategoryLevel 2
Malcolm Street, 9, Fremantle WA 6160. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 19/09/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/29213
