FREMANTLE
Fremantle is a great town. Clearly,
poorly planned in the very early days, but that feature of the place
today is a fabulous redeeming feature of the town. Sydney like in its
narrow street hap hazardousness. Wonderful.
Fremantle is very nearly an
independent state of Australia, such is the fierce connection to the
Freo identity and ‘near hate’ for being a suburb of Perth.
The city is named after
Captain Charles Fremantle, the English naval officer who had
pronounced possession of Western Australia and who established a camp
at the site. The city contains well-preserved 19th-century buildings
and other heritage features.
 
During World War II,
Fremantle was the second largest base for Allied submarines operating
in the Pacific theatre. There were up to 125 US, 31 British and 11
Free Dutch submarines operating out of Fremantle.
Fremantle is renowned for
its well-preserved architectural heritage, including convict-built
colonial-era buildings, an old jetty and port, and prisons; presenting
a variety and unity of historic buildings and streetscapes. These were
often built in limestone with ornate facades in a succession of
architectural styles.      
The Fremantle War Memorial is a
standout.
The Fremantle Hotels are mostly turn
of the century classics
The Fremantle Churches are great
representations of that design era.     _small.JPG)
There are a number of Museums in
Fremantle. Our recommendation is to visit all of the museums in
Fremantle. 
Fremantle is a wonderful ‘city’ and
should be treated as a completely different entity to Perth; i.e.
imagine Fremantle is a 100k away. That done be sure to devour
it.
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