| Guide
to finding Fremantle History
Thank you for your enquiry about
Fremantle and its history. Start by looking at the History
and Heritage page, from which you can follow
links to sites such as the Round
House to learn more.
More information is available at the
Fremantle City Library
site. Here you will find even more links to useful sources such as the Western
Australian Maritime Museum. Like the Fremantle
Prison website, the Western Australian Maritime Museum site is
packed with information about Fremantle’s history.
The Library
site also gives links to art, music and drama performance and exhibition
venues in Fremantle. You can find out more about the cultural life of
Fremantle today, as well as its past. It takes some time to explore all
of the City of Fremantle website, but you will find a wide range of
information there..
If you wish to explore further,
standard reference books on Fremantle include:
- Ewers, John K. : The Western
Gateway: A History of Fremantle (City of Fremantle, 1948 and later
editions)
- Reece, R. and Pascoe, R. : A Place
of Consequence: A Pictorial History of Fremantle (Fremantle Arts
Centre Press, 1985)
- Tout-Smith, Deborah: The Foundations
of Fremantle: Exploring the Early History of Western Australia’s
Port City (WA Museum, 1998)
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