Fremantle Long Jetty was constructed in 1873 to replace the smaller South Jetty which had become too small for the large amounts of vessels entering the...
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Fremantle shipping was served by the Long Jetty that extended into the open sea, where Bathers Beach is today. Cargo was offloaded onto the jetty and...
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settlement of what is now called Fremantle, Western Australia. In the 1890s it was bounded to the south by the Long and Short jetties. In the 1930s and 1940s it...
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Of these, the Kwinana Bulk Terminal and the Kwinana Bulk Jetty are operated by the Fremantle Ports and serve for the import and export of bulk cargoes...
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Carnarvon, Western Australia (redirect from Carnarvon Jetty)
Island to the deep-sea jetty. It was constructed with a rail gauge of 2 feet (610 mm). It was 2 miles 5 chains (3.3 km) long. Due to the heavy loads...
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Challenger Harbour (category Fremantle)
of the Fremantle Long Jetty. The harbour was named after HMS Challenger, which was under the command of Captain Charles Fremantle when, on 2 May 1829,...
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encroachment from the sea and sand drift persisted. In 1873 the kilometre-long Long Jetty was built nearby, extending from Anglesea Point. In 1902 more land...
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transportation to the colony, Fremantle became Australia's primary destination for convicts. The convict-built Fremantle Prison operated long after transportation...
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closed on 16 September 1973, followed by Robbs Jetty to Coogee in February 1986. In July 1926, the Fremantle Railway Bridge over the Swan River was partly...
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River mouth in the Western Australian port city of Fremantle. It is separated from the Fremantle CBD by the railway line. Originally named South Quay...
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Jarrahdale Timber Station) and Robert Oswald Law (who built the Fremantle Long Jetty) from the end of 1891. Work began in 1892 but was slowed by difficulties...
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Arthur Head (redirect from Arthur Head, Fremantle)
Whalers Tunnel that enabled ease of access to Bathers Beach, Fremantle and the Long Jetty. A significant part of the Arthur Head area was utilised during...
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Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western...
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Old Kerosene Store (category Heritage places in Fremantle)
is located at Bathers Beach in Fremantle, Western Australia, adjacent to the ruins of the original Fremantle Long Jetty. It is a single-storey limestone...
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camels shipped in to Western Australia. The camels would arrive at the Long Jetty, be driven along Marine Terrace, and then made to camp at the quarantine...
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Busselton (category CS1: long volume value)
services and retail. The city is best known for the Busselton Jetty, the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. Before white settlement in 1832...
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Kwinana freight railway (section Robbs Jetty–Kwinana)
proposed, which are described below. After 1898 the Fremantle railway line terminated at Robbs Jetty in North Coogee. On 1 July 1903 the line was extended...
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river presented a scene of a great lake, all the jetties were submerged, the high roads to Fremantle covered, and passage traffic rendered impossible...
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opening of the jetty at Port Hedland, now the highest tonnage port in Australia. Koombana was also the first ship to berth at that jetty. In November 1910...
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Company, Leeds. It entered service on 1 March 1884 as a jetty shunter on the Fremantle Long Jetty. When engine class designations were introduced in 1885...
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Perth Stadium (category Fremantle Football Club)
and cricket. Perth's two Australian Football League (AFL) teams – the Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles – relocated their home games from...
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production in the 1920s, and by 1935 the construction of a second jetty, tankers jetty, was completed. After a rail link had been established between Salmon...
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(17 mi) surfski and paddle race from the Army jetty to Sorrento Beach. It is held each January. "Fremantle to Rottnest Big Splash" is a masters swimming...
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the Fremantle Railway Workshops, the other half was converted into a 2-4-2T tank engine as F20 in February 1893 for use at Fremantle Long Jetty. It was...
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James Gullan (category Burials at Fremantle Cemetery)
the Goldfields before joining East Fremantle in 1902. Representing Fremantle in a charity football game at Fremantle oval on Saturday 22 August 1903, Gullan...
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up to the jetty was on what is now Railway Terrace. The City of Rockingham's heritage list includes the sites of the three timber jetties and the timber...
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Transperth train system consists of seven lines: the Airport, Armadale, Fremantle, Mandurah, Midland, Thornlie, and Yanchep lines; and 82 stations. Train...
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The dredge was also used around Fremantle several times, to remove sand banks and to assist boats travelling to the jetty at Pier Street. Following work...
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Success Harbour railway station (category Fremantle line)
the Fremantle line, 20.9 kilometres from Perth station in South Fremantle. On 22 October 1898, the Fremantle line was extended south from Fremantle to...
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Port Noarlunga, South Australia (redirect from Port Noarlunga jetty)
to the jetty. The current jetty was constructed in 1921 and is the second jetty to have been constructed at Port Noarlunga. The original jetty, 30 metres...
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