2 Buswell Street

The house at 2 Buswell Street is a single storey masonry and iron building in the Victorian Georgian architectural style. It is unclear when this house was built but it appears to date to the 1890s. The house is a typical example of a workers’ home. The interior of the house can be seen at Realestate.com.au (reference). 

Buswell Street was named after Joseph Buswell who arrived in Western Australia as a convict on the Stag in 1855. He was a 33 year old master sweep who had been transported for 10 years for burglary. He married Eliza Cross in Bunbury in 1858 and received a conditional pardon the following year. Buswell soon established himself as a successful land owner and road contractor. Three members of the Buswell family were Bunbury councillors between 1907 and 1971.

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