Captain Lilly’s legacy
Captain Lilly was merchant elite in the fledgling Swan River Colony. Around the time he built his warehouse and suite of offices on Cliff Street in 1890 he was the […]
Come play
The black dog hounding me at this Solomon Street, Fremantle home was the friendly sort, not the one associated with the darkness of depression. “Play with me!” he barked excitedly. […]
Classy but casual
Pulling up to this two-storey Clayton Street home I was pleasantly surprised to see a super-modern, architecturally designed home nestled amongst the tuckpointed federations that litter East Fremantle. The entry […]
Staff power under fire
JUNE BARTON, a 25-year veteran of Melville city council, says it’s time for elected councillors to wrest back the authority they’ve ceded in recent years to increasingly powerful staff. The […]
Nothing Smart about muddy hole: Principal
COCKBURN city council has received a ticking off by a local school principal for draining a lake at Smart Park in Spearwood and leaving the works unfenced. Hugh McCracken, who […]
Port face-off
FREMANTLE mayoral candidate Matthew Hanssen has flagged cutting council programs to fund his election commitments. His focus is reducing waste but concedes his desire to extend free parking, resume verge […]
Club cries foul over email
THE Melville city football club is in uproar after an email—supposedly from the club’s management committee—encouraged members to vote for six candidates, including the mayor’s daughter, in this month’s council […]
New ground for soccer?
IS a major new soccer ground likely for Melville? Last week the Melville city football club posted on its website it was, “in discussion with another party regarding a new […]
Walker library opens
CHIEF JUSTICE Wayne Martin opened a new mental health law reference library at the mental health law centre on Wednesday. It’s named after Fremantle barrister Stephen Walker and offers users […]
A right Royal mess
THE mouldering Royal George Hotel—an icon of the town—is a big priority for East Fremantle mayoral candidate Cliff Collinson. Handed to the National Trust by the WA government in 2009 […]