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Bannister Street, Fremantle
Bannister Street is a street in Fremantle between Market Street Market Street may refer to: *Market Street, Cambridge, England *Market Street, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia * Market Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia *Market Street, Manchester, England *Market Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ... and Pakenham Streets. In the early 20th century a brothel operated on Bannister Street. In the 1940s some local businessmen applied to the Fremantle council to change the name of the street, due to the reputation of some of the premises in previous decades. Notes Streets in Fremantle {{Fremantle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for Fremantle is Freo. Prior to British settlement, the indigenous Noongar people inhabited the area for millennia, and knew it by the name of Walyalup ("place of the woylie")."(26/3/2018) Inaugural Woylie Festival starts tomorrow" fremantle.gov.au. Retrieved 5 July 2020. Visited by Dutch explorers in the 1600s, Fremantle was the first area settled by the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Street, Fremantle
Market Street, Fremantle is the location of the Fremantle Post Office in Fremantle, Western Australia. It commences opposite the Fremantle railway station, intersects with High Street, Fremantle, High Street and joins with South Terrace, Fremantle, South Terrace at an intersection with Bannister Street. It is also part of the boundary of the Fremantle West End Heritage area. The street was named with the intention of there being a market place at what is now the railway station site, however markets were never established. The National Hotel (Fremantle), National Hotel and Princess Theatre, Fremantle, Princess Theatre did later locate along the street. John K. Ewers, a Western Australian poet and writer, wrote a poem about the street in 1932 that included the following lines, no doubt reflecting on the people leaving or arriving at the railway station and the port: See also Notes :* Market Street, Fremantle, Streets in Fremantle Articles containing video cli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakenham Street, Fremantle
Pakenham Street is a street in Fremantle, Western Australia, in the Fremantle West End Heritage area. It runs between Phillimore Street and Collie Street, the main cross intersection being with High Street. The street is named after the third lieutenant aboard , H. Pakenham. Significant heritage buildings have been located on the corner of Pakenham and High Streets. In the 1920s Pakenham Street was widened following railway land being released. Places of interest along the street include: * Pioneer Park, Fremantle * Fremantle Trades Hall, corner of Collie Street * Fowler's Warehouse * Oceanic Hotel, corner of Collie Street * Central Chambers, corner of High Street * Tolley & Company Warehouse The Tolley & Company Warehouse, also known as the Tolley Bond Store and the Tolley & Company Building, is a heritage building located at 1 Pakenham Street in the Fremantle West End Heritage area. It dates from the gold rush boom period in the ... * Robert Harper Building, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truth (Perth Newspaper)
''Truth'' was a weekly English language newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia from 25 July 1903 until 29 March 1931. Background Until 1916, the masthead read "conducted by John Norton"; then between 1916 and 1920, it read "conducted by John Norton's Trustees". ''Truth'' was an established newspaper published in Sydney and owned by William Willis, Adolphus Taylor and Patrick Crick. Norton worked for ''Truth'' and became editor and part-owner in 1891, but he was soon dismissed for repeated drunkenness. Through extensive litigation, Norton acquired the newspaper in 1896. The content of ''Truth'' became even more sensational under Norton's ownership. ''Truth'' newspapers were published in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland before the Western Australian edition was established in 1903. For a few months prior to this, a Western Australian edition had been published in Melbourne. Availability Issues (1903 - 1931) of this newspaper have been digitised as part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)
The ''Daily News'', historically a successor of ''The Inquirer'' and ''The Inquirer and Commercial News'', was an afternoon daily English language newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, from 1882 to 1990, though its origin is traceable from 1840. History One of the early newspapers of the Swan River Colony, Western Australian colony was ''The Inquirer (Perth), The Inquirer'', established by Francis Lochee and William Tanner on 5 August 1840. Lochee became sole proprietor and editor in 1843 until May 1847 when he sold the operation to the paper's former Compositing, compositor Edmund Stirling. In July 1855, ''The Inquirer'' merged with the recently established ''Commercial News and Shipping Gazette'', owned by Robert John Sholl, as ''The Inquirer & Commercial News''. It ran under the joint ownership of Stirling and Sholl. Sholl departed and, from April 1873, the paper was produced by Stirling and his three sons, trading as Stirling & Sons. Edmund Stirling retired five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
