VirtualGlobetrotting: Australia: Fremantle

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Memorial entrance to Bon Scott's grave
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Fremantle Prison
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Fremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The 60,000 m² (15 acres) site includes the prison, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels, and prisoner art.
The prison was built by convict labour in the 1850s, and transferred to the colonial government in 1886 for use as a gaol for locally-sentenced prisoners. It closed as a prison in 1991 and reopened as a historic site. It is now a public museum, managed by the Government of Western Australia. One of the notable features is the preservation of art and graffiti on the walls in some cells. (Fremantle Prison is also known as Fremantle Gaol.

Florida Highway cargo ship
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"Freemantle Doctor" aeolian harp
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The Fremantle Doctor, 'The Freo Doctor', or simply 'The Doctor', is the Western Australian vernacular term for the cooling afternoon sea breeze which occurs during summer months in south west coastal areas of Western Australia. The sea breeze occurs because of the major temperature difference between the land and sea.
An aeolian harp (wind harp) is a musical instrument that is "played" by the wind. It is named for Aeolus, the ancient Greek god of the wind.

Fremantle Prison
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Fremantle Prison is a former Australian prison located in The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The 60,000 m² (15 acres) site includes the prison, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels, and prisoner art. The prison was one of 11 former convict sites in Australia inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2010 as the Australian Convict Sites.
The prison was built by convict labour in the 1850s, and transferred to the colonial government in 1886 for use as a gaol for locally-sentenced prisoners. It closed as a prison in 1991 and reopened as a historic site. It is now a public museum, managed by the Government of Western Australia with daily and nightly tours being operated. Some tours include information about the possible existence of ghosts within the prison. There are also tours of the flooded tunnels and aqueducts under the prison.
The prison is also widely referred to as Fremantle Gaol.

HM Bark Endeavour Replica
The HM Bark Endeavour Replica is a replica of HMS Endeavour, the bark commanded by Lieutenant James Cook when he charted New Zealand and discovered the eastern coast of Australia.
The Endeavour replica was launched at the end of 1993, and completed in 1994. After sea trials, the replica sailed from Fremantle to Sydney, where she arrived at the end of 1994. During 1995, the ship recreated Cook's voyage along eastern Australia, then visited New Zealand at the end of the year. In late 1996, the Endeavour replica set out on a circumnavigation of the world, visiting ports in South Africa, the United Kingdom, and North America, before returning to New Zealand in late 1999. The vessel returned to Sydney in mid-2000. In 2001, the replica was used for filming of the BBC documentary The Ship, then sailed to England in 2002. She spent the next two years visiting ports in the United Kingdom and Europe, before sailing back to Sydney in 2005, completing a second round-the-world voyage. On arrival in Australia, the HM Bark Endeavour Foundation transferred ownership of the vessel to the Australian National Maritime Museum.
In 2011, the replica began a year-long circumnavigation of Australia.

Explorers' Monument
The Explorers' Monument is a monument located on The Esplanade in Fremantle, Western Australia. It is approximately six meters high, and consists of a head and shoulders statue of Maitland Brown, sitting on granite pedestals on a granite base inset with plaques honoring three explorers, Frederick Panter, James Harding and William Goldwyer. The monument was commissioned by C. J. Brockman, and the statue of Brown was sculpted by Pietro Porcelli. Lady Forrest unveiled the work in February 1913. Due to controversy about its presentation of settler/Aboriginal disputes it was altered in the 1990s.
Panter, Harding and Goldwyer were killed by Aboriginal people in 1864, while exploring in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. When the men failed to return, Brown was commissioned to lead the La Grange expedition, which searched for the whereabouts of the missing men. Brown's search party found the men dead, having been speared to death, two of them evidently in their sleep. Shortly afterward, a number of Aborigines were killed by Brown's party in a highly controversial incident that was reported by Brown as a battle brought on by an Aboriginal ambush, but which has often since been characterized as a punitive massacre of Aborigines by white settlers.

John Gerovich statue
Statue of John Gerovich's famous mark over Ray French in the 1956 WAFL preliminary final.

Little Creatures Brewery
Little Creatures is a brewing company based in Fremantle, Western Australia, originally established in 2000 by the original brewers of the Matilda Bay Brewing Company. The name "Little Creatures" is inspired by a song lyric from the Talking Heads Little Creatures album and refers to the live yeast cells that turn the sugars in malt wort into alcohol.
An independent craft brewery movement in Australia, Little Creatures Pty Ltd is a subsidiary of Little World Beverages, a publicly listed company

Round House
The Round House is the oldest building still standing in Western Australia.
It was built in 1830, and designed by Henry Willey Reveley, and was the first permanent building in the Swan River Colony.
Intended as a prison, it had eight cells and a jailer's residence, all of which opened onto a central courtyard. The design was based on the Panopticon, a type of prison designed by philosopher Jeremy Bentham.
It was used for colonial and indigenous prisoners until 1886, when control of the Convict Establishment prison (now Fremantle Prison) was transferred to the colony. After that, the smaller Round House was used as a police lockup until 1900, when it became the living quarters for the chief constable and his family.

Anti Aircraft gun

Statue of AC/DC's Bon Scott
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Submarine HMAS Ovens (S70) & Western Australia Maritime Museum
During her Cold War career HMAS Ovens steamed more than 420,000 nautical miles on the surface and submerged. In 1986 she had the distinction of being the first conventional submarine in the world to fire a Harpoon anti-ship missile.
A world class facility is being built on the water front at Fremantle overlooking the area where 55 years ago the Allied submarines were stationed.

Two Collins class submarines

Submarine HMAS Ovens (S 70)
HMAS Ovens (S 70) is an Oberon class submarine formerly of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) which is now preserved as a museum ship.

Fremantle Sailing Club
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Site of the Pit Stop of Leg 8 of The Amazing Race 9 (2006)

Man and Dog sculpture

Tank

Sea buoys

Monument to Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c. 1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. For a short time in 1524 he was the Governor of Portuguese India, under the title of Viceroy.

Prow of a submarine

Boat Stacking Facility
The Fremantle Boat Park is located in the heart of Fremantle between Mews Rd and the Fishing Boat Harbour. The park offers unsurpassed convenience to boat owners who want quick access to the ocean. Fishing, diving and ocean cruising are only minutes away from this world famous harbour.
The facilities of the Boat Park currently include dry Boat Stacking, Wetpens, Bait, Ice shop, Boat Sales and Boat Maintenance.
* 250+ boat stacking facility
* Running 2 Wiggins Marina Bull Forklifts
* On-site mechanics
* Auto gate security and convenience
* 362 days a year operation
* Access to the best local trades - stainless fabrication, fibreglass repairs, detailing, upholstery, skippers tickets and boat lessons
* Boat brokerage

Map of Fremantle

Anchor

Scottish House Building
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Street art by Vhils
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Vhils is the tag for Alexandre Farto, a Portuguese artist
This work is actually carved into the brick & plaster to create the effect, it is an image of Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney

Anchors

Bank of Australasia
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Fremantle Fire Station

Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Building

Bank of New South Wales

Anchors
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South Mole Lighthouse
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His Majestys Hotel

Submarine
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Many anchors

Showing off his belly?
Not the first think I'd think of doing if I saw the Google car....

Phillimore Chambers

P&O Building

Union Bank

Rover P4
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