I joined the Navy in 1980 and each morning at 6am ,we were rudely woken up and tortured with a run rain hail or shine to Fremantle traffic bridge and back in our underwear (singlets, shorts and volleys), sometimes detouring up the hill and around HMAS Leeuwin because an instructor emerged from the wrong side of the bed. Many times we all commented on the boarded up old haunted home on the riverbank which is now the well known Left Bank saved by Clough thankfully where we have had some lovely times recently. I cannot find anything on Google about the Boat Builders House as it was referred to before becoming the Left Bank but there is this wonderful text referring to the creators of The Oyster Beds I thought you may enjoy. As the first Greek migrants to Fremantle in 1912 Anthanasios Avoustis, later known as Arthur Auguste, began his oyster wholesale business. Crates submerged in the Swan River kept the oysters fresh and it was from their home on 26 Riverside Road that Arthur and his wife Panaula ran the business. Together they helped many fellow migrants in the early days providing them with board and lodging in their family home. Church services were held in a large room at the side of their house. After his death in 1932, Panaula and the three daughters, Helene, Gela and Dorothea, established a restaurant over the Swan River adjacent to the bedded crates. They called is Auguste’s Oyster Beds. In 1945 it was bought by Gela and her husband Bill Thornett and renamed the Oyster Beds. It remained in the family until 1966. It was renamed “The Red Herring” in 1997 by the current owners. To this day the Auguste family is remembered for their links to the oyster industry, the restaurant, and their contribution to the Greek Community and the Greek Orthodox Church.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 05:27:31 +0000
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