Daisy EDHOUSE
1926 - DECEASED Has 6 ancestors and 16 descendants in this family tree.
UNKNOWN - DECEASED-
Name Daisy EDHOUSE Relationship 
with Rodney VOJVODICH Birth 22 May 1926 Mount Magnet, Western Australia, Australia 
Gender Female Death DECEASED Siblings6 siblings Patriarch & Matriarch 
Alfred EDHOUSE, b. UNKNOWN d. DECEASED (Grandfather)
Caroline Wilton DAY, b. 20 Nov 1859, Auburn, South Australia, Australiad. 13 Feb 1947, West Leederville, Western Australia, Australia (Age 87 years) (Grandmother) Siblings2 brothers and 4 sisters Person ID I16403 MyBradyTree | TP, HT
Father 
James Benjamin Rigby EDHOUSE, b. Abt 1892, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia d. 28 May 1932, Mount Magnet, Western Australia, Australia (Age ~ 40 years) Mother Dora MCCULLAGH, b. 26 Jan 1895, Auburn, South Australia, Australia d. 7 Jul 1970, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia (Age 75 years) Marriage 14 Feb 1920 Kalamunda, Western Australia, Australia - St Barnabas Anglican Church
Family ID F6546 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Kevin Richard TREW, b. 6 Aug 1927, York, Western Australia, Australia d. 6 Apr 1986, Trigg, Western Australia, Australia (Age 58 years)
Marriage 18 Mar 1950 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia Reference Number #748 Children + 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living Family ID F6540 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Dr Joseph Joshua ANDERSON, b. 22 Jan 1923, Wellington, Western Australia, Australia d. DECEASED
Marriage 1992 Family ID F6545 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 22 May 1926 - Mount Magnet, Western Australia, Australia 
Marriage - 18 Mar 1950 - Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Daisy Trew (nee Edhouse) - (2004) recalls her Subiaco Childhood.
Early in 1932, I was nearly six years old and living on the family sheep station near Mt Magnet. Dad had died on the station and Mum, who was pregnant, packed up my four sisters, one brother and me and moved down to Perth to live in the suburb of Subiaco.
We moved into a little house at 134 Park Street in Subiaco. The house is now gone and there is a lovely little park on the block.
On the station there was my family and a number of aboriginal families. Having lived my whole life on the station I grew up and played with the Aboriginal children. I found that when I came to Subiaco my speech was not very good. Looking back on it I realise that us kids spoke a kind of broken English. Mrs Tatham, at the corner store on Axon Street asked Mum not to send me shopping because she couldn't understand me.
So there we were - my pregnant mum and six of us children under ten years of age. Five weeks later my little brother Jim was born…and that made seven. The Child Welfare wanted to split up the family but mum fought them hard and managed to keep us all together.
It was very hard for mum raising such a large family on her own, but as kids we had a wonderful childhood. There was never any money but plenty of fun and happy times. Games were played on the road outside every night till it got dark, red rover all over, rounders, cricket and football.
There was a family of eight, the Pages-Olivers who lived over the road and the Maher boys next to them and I remember the three Blenerhassets who lived two doors up and, oh well any other kids who wanted to join in. We would play until late and all would be good going until Bandy the policeman would come riding his push bike along and tell us it was late and we should all go on home. It got to the stage that when we saw him coming we would all scatter and hide behind the fence until he had gone. I don't know if his name was Mr Bandy or whether we kids called him "Bandy" because he rode his pushbike everywhere and his legs were bowed out.
I went to Subiaco State School on Bagot Rd. I recall two of the teachers in particular - Miss McGovern (Katie) and Miss Smith (we called her Smut). They both left lasting impressions with me. They were strict disciplinarians and very good teachers. I met Miss McGovern many years later - she was selling raffle tickets for a charity. I made myself known to her and she said she remembered the Edhouses (there were so many of us). She put her arms around me and said she loved it when old pupils acknowledged her, she was 85 years old.
Once a week Miss Smith would do the playground duty, picking up papers etc. The first five at the door at lunchtime would be able to help her and she would reward us with a bright new penny. It was a fortune to me.
Small bottles of milk were sold daily for sixpence a week and the school gave out free milk to the underprivileged, every Friday. It was often a toss up between Fred Woods (the late well known football umpire and critic) and I as to who would get it. Fred would say "your turn Edhouse" then the following week "Mine today, tough luck Edhouse".
During the depression things were very difficult and many people struggled to survive. I remember unemployed men would go door to door and ask "sharpen a knife or axe"? Mum would bring them, sit them down and give them a bowl of porridge. They would finish off the food then do the sharpening and say "Thanks Lady" and then go on their way.
On Saturdays you would hear the sound of people calling out "Props! Props"! - these were Aboriginal people walking the streets selling the props they had collected. Forked branches of trees were used to hold up the middle of the old clothes line.
Moody's Wireless Repair was up the road from the Post Office in Rokeby Rd. Our old radio wasn't in very good condition and mum couldn't afford a lot of money to repair it. Mr Moody would come down and instead of putting in new valves he would give it a good thump and it would work again for a while.
Subiaco Markets were on the corner of Rokeby Rd and Bagot Rd. This was a special and popular place on Friday nights. Two and half pounds of plums for sixpence and oranges sold by the dozen and not the pound. Plenty of bargains for everyone.
Opposite the markets was Temby's store with a side door onto Bagot Road. It was one of those big wooden doors and had a big hinged knocker on it. On the way home from Subiaco School we would knock it loudly and run like mad. One day I gave it a real loud knock and was going to run but Mr Temby was waiting. As I knocked the door flew open and he pulled me inside and after a severe lecture and a pat on the head he let me go. My heart was pounding as I ran home…but I never did it again.
Across the Road was Cadmans. They sold school books and paper. This was never one of my favourite shops and it always appeared drab and dark to me.
On the other corner was Lee and Grovers the grocers. I liked this shop. We would go in and ask the shop man if he had any broken biscuits or spares and he often gave us a bag of bits and pieces to eat. They would sell sugar from a big bag and mum would sometimes tell us not to buy their sugar as the cats laid on the bag all day.
Down the road a bit was a little ham and beef shop with two very kind ladies behind the counter. Saturday morning business was always brisk and most Saturdays mum would send me up there to buy 2½ lbs of pork sausages. I would go in and they would beckon me over and announce to all the shoppers: "This poor little girl, her father has just died and her mother has seven children". Then they would proceed to give me two slices of polony to eat. They were very nice ladies but I did find it all just a bit embarrassing.
Further down the street was Mr Sandercock the Chemist who knew everything there was to know about medicines. We used to hunt for all the old medicine bottles and when we had enough he would pay us tuppence - an absolute fortune to us.
Then there was Zanthus the Fish and Chip Shop. When we were lucky we would buy a penny's worth of chips and two half penny's scallops for our school lunch. I remember this couple very well as we would pester them for specks - you know the bits and pieces left in the baskets after cooking. They had two children, Despore and Nicky. Nicky later worked at Kalaf's Fruit Shop down the road.
Over the Road on the Post Office side was O'Keefe the printer. "Any Strips Mr O'Keefe?" was a common question from the kids collecting the off cuts from the paper.
Kings Hall was just down from O'Keefe's and was the site for our School Fancy Dress Balls. We would practice the Grand March and the Lancers. Not as fancy as the school balls of today but thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Further down Rokeby Rd towards Hay Street was Hiddlestone the electrician. He was amazing and would fix anything electrical. Then there was Groom's Cakes and they were delicious, then Williams Hardware.
The Regal Theatre opened about 1937-38 with Mr Applebee in charge - trying to keep us under control on Friday nights and Saturday matinees.
The West Theatre was also in Hay Street with open air gardens next door, and later moved around the corner. The theatre later changed to the Subiaco Police Boys. Apart from badminton being played there they had football and cricket teams along with basketball and boxing. Mr Wall the local Policeman was very involved and kept it going. The dances they held on Saturday nights brought all the young from all suburbs to dance the light fantastic.
Next to the West Theatre was Howe's Newsagents - their son Alan (Bubsie) played many games of football with Subiaco and was a well known identity. Further down was Stoltz wood yard and Burns the Baker.
The Sub Pub was on the corner and we would look in and see all the men at the bar. There were no ladies allowed in at that time and you could smell the smoke and stale alcohol outside. A well know Subiaco identity sold papers outside. He was handicapped and was affectionately known as "Dummy"- certainly not politically correct in this day and age.
Mr Long was the Carrier at the Railway Station. He had a horse and cart and would deliver apples from Bridgetown and other goods brought by train to Subiaco. I remember him and his horse trotting down Park St and Mum paying sixpence for deliveries.
On the other side of Hay Street was Lums, run by a Chinese family. We loved the smell of the herbs and spices coming from their shop.
The there was Prosser and Scott the Undertakers. My girlfriend Gwen lived in Churchill Ave at the back of them and we would climb over the fence and play hide and seek in all the coffins. We suffered many sleepless nights and dreams afterwards.
There was an old wine shop on the corner of Hay Street and Townsend Rd. It was often sad to see young children trying to get their mother or father home. I would end up in tears because I couldn't help my friends.
In Townsend Rd was the RSL Hall which is now the Irish Club. Many happy hours were spent there during the war years with dances being held for the service men.
Opposite the wine shop was Garton's the Grocers - Mum would place a weekly order with them and they would deliver it in their little van. All the kids would await its arrival as on top of the box would be a little bag of boiled lollies and two chocolates on top. Gartons was spelt "SNOTRAG" backwards and we were lectured all the time to make sure we said it properly and not back to front.
Subiaco Oval was great attraction on football afternoons. Cars were parked as far away as the Home of Peace and down all the side streets. We would go to the footy at half time because you could get in for nothing.
Anzac Day and the March were always very memorable in Subiaco. The March would finish at the Clock on the corner of Rokeby and Hamersley Rd and wreaths were laid. The Gardens were there with the fishpond and rotunda. Bands played on Friday nights and Sunday afternoon.
I had a very lucky and fortunate childhood and life in Subiaco. I married in 1950 at the Methodist Church in Bagot Rd and consequently left Subiaco with many happy memories.
George McCullagh - 2007
Reference #BFTWA. "Daisy EDHOUSE". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I16403&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed May 24, 2025).