The auction of this Estate was advertised in the West Australian on September 20th 1913, to coincide with the evening Auction. Little did they know that the First World War erupt the following year. The advertisement read:
Fremantle’s coming New Suburb
Magnificent Residential and Business Sites
Adjoining Spearwood Railway Station
Centre of the most thriving District around Fremantle
Water Supply. Macadamised Roads
Post Office Site on Estate. (to be handed over to the Postal Department)
School Site just purchased by the Education Dept within a stone’s throw of this Estate
No Absurd Reserves
Get in at the birth of this new suburb and reap the reward of a splendid profit in a few months
Its an absolute fact that the Buyers at the original sale of the Spearwood Estate have been re-selling at a profit of 500%
