East Fremantle, Western Australia

A suburb of Perth where the Whillas family resettled in the early 1970s after Dick's truck accident.

Connection to the family

Following the Hopetoun truck accident (1970) and Dick's bankruptcy, the family (from Norman down) moved to 27 Malcolm Street, East Fremantle.
Dick and Jim got jobs mowing lawns with the local council; Norman and Lea worked as trades assistants in refinery fitouts; Mark, Fi and Susan started at John Curtin HS. Greg and Craig moved to WA later. Cath worked at Wigmores.