57/8/16: Sandringham Estate
Have you ever thought about looking for a real estate plan of your suburb or a suburb where someone in your family lived?
The Library holds hundreds of real estate plans which were produced when new land releases became available. Most are for suburbs in the metropolitan area and date from the late 1800s or early 1900s. Although it looks as though many of these plans are adorned with the swastika symbol, it is in fact a sacred good luck symbol for some religions in India.
57/7/7: West Guildford
57/7/33: Scarborough Beach Estate
A project has begun to digitise these plans and many of the ones produced by Peet & Co. have now been completed and can be viewed online through our catalogue. They show blocks of land, often with the dimensions, roads and features such as lakes, tramlines or railway stations; sometimes individual houses and landowners are marked. It is really interesting to see the prices charged for land 100 or so years ago.
You can find real estate plans in our catalogue by searching under keyword for ‘peet and co real estate’ and selecting State Library Maps from the drop-down box.
57/7/2: Cityview Estate: the dress circle of Kalamunda
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Hi
I seem to recall my late father who had a real estate business in Cottesloe until the late 1970s, had a similar poster in his office of ‘Cottesloe Beach’ which was later known as Mosman Park. There is also another Peet & Co poster, I’ve seen, for East Victoria Park – I think in a book about the history of Victoria Park.
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Harvey Pearce Queens Park
Ph 08 9451 3725
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