'The history of the houses helps to demonstrate the original settlement of this part of Subiaco as a solid middle class area, in which the family residences of more senior white-collar workers existed side by side with the smaller, but still well-built, houses of more junior white-collar workers, retail employees and tradespeople.' Many of the smaller homes used the Californian bungalow style, though with restraint due to the smaller budgets of lower class workers.
