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The Fremantle Markets is a
public market located on the corner of
South Terrace South Terrace may refer to:
*South Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
*South Terrace, Fremantle, Australia
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and Henderson Street,
Fremantle
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, Western Australia.
Built in 1897, it houses over 150 shops for
craftspeople
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,
fashion design
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ers, and
merchant
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s in the historic Hall, and fresh food producers, vegetable growers and food retailers in The Yard. It is open on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, as well as most public holidays and is a popular Fremantle
tourist
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destination considered "a Fremantle institution".
History
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Designed in the
Federation Romanesque style, the architects were
Joseph Herbert Eales[J. H. Eales was a Victorian architect who later redesigne]
parts of the interior
of the Weld Club
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. and
Charles Oldham.
[Often working in partnership with Alfred Cox, Charles Lancelot Oldham was later responsible for such buildings as th]
P&O Building in Phillimore St, Fremantle
on the corner of William
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and Wellington Streets, Perth, th
former Town Hall
in Geraldton
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, th
Murchison Club Hotel
in Cue, and buildings a
151-165 Beaufort Street
, an
in Perth. Oldham died in 1920, but his company exists to this day as Oldham Boas Ednie-Brown Pty Ltd. The
foundation stone
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Over time ...
was laid by
Premier of Western Australia
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Sir John Forrest
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on 6 November 1897, and the principal construction was carried out between 1898 and 1902 at a cost of
£8268.
The interior walls are mainly rough washed
limestone
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, with a high
iron
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roof supported by large
jarrah
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columns. The perimeter of the markets is lined with small shops, and the main entry to the market is through ornate stone arches on the Henderson Street and Market Street frontages.
The buildings functioned as a wholesale food and produce market until the 1950s, when this was taken over by the
Perth Metropolitan Markets
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The markets were originally es ...
on
Wellington Street. The original
verandah
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Although the form ''veran ...
s were demolished, and the main body of the market buildings was used as a packing and distribution centre until the early 1970s. The buildings then sat vacant until they were restored by the
Fremantle City Council in 1975 using funding from the
National Estate
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grants program, and reopened on 31 October 1975. While the basic structure was retained, the internal layout was altered to accommodate permanent retail stalls, a bar was built in one corner, and the verandahs were replaced. An area known as Farmer's Lane was established to the north of the main market hall, which housed temporary fruit and vegetables stalls covered with tarpaulins and umbrellas.
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shows the service yard at the rear of the markets before the establishment of Farmer's Lane. Part of this area was damaged by fire in May 1992, prompting the building of a new Fruit and Vegetable Hall using tin and timber
recycled
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from the
Leach Highway
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It is allocated State Route 7 and is a dual carriageway for its entir ...
wool stores. This extension won a commendation from the
Royal Australian Institute of Architects
(United we advance architecture)
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in 1993, and the Fremantle Markets were permanently entered on the
Register of Heritage Places in November of that year.
Gallery
Image:FremantleMarkets Playing for a buck.jpg, Fremantle Markets are a popular site for buskers
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Image:FremantleMarketsNight2 gobeirne.jpg, Market Street frontage on a Friday night
Image:FremantleMarkets1904.jpg, Market Street frontage,
References
External links
*
Heritage ListingConservation Plan
Further reading
* Wakefield, Julia.(1982) ''Portrait of the markets'' Hilton, W.A : Troilett and Wakefield. {{ISBN, 0-949666-00-9
* Wellington, Angela. (1999) ''This life : Fremantle Markets''. The West Australian, 20 Feb.1999, pp. 16–17 (West Magazine)
Market houses
Heritage places in Fremantle
Federation style architecture
Retail markets in Western Australia
South Terrace, Fremantle
Parry Street, Fremantle
State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Fremantle