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The McDonald Smith Building is a heritage building in the port city of
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 ...
. The building dates from the
gold rush A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, New ...
boom period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and is of historic significance. Prior to the construction of the current building, the property was the site of a cottage, , constructed by Francis Henry Vincent (1797–1870) a former
superintendent Superintendent may refer to: *Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a police rank *Prison warden or Superintendent, a prison administrator *Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church exec ...
at Rottnest. Significant remnants of the limewashed and shingled house still exist at the rear of the main building. The building is a two-storey limestone and brick structure with a rendered facade with stucco ornamentation. It was designed by architect Herbert Nathaniel Davis in the Victorian Classical Revival style, and built in 1895. Commercial enterprises have been the main occupiers of the building's ten apartments, such as Vincent, James Lilly, and Tompkins and Co. The building was classified by the National Trust of Australia in August 1983 and was also on the Register of the National Estate.


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Western Australian gold rushes In the latter part of the nineteenth century, discoveries of gold at a number of locations in Western Australia caused large influxes of prospectors from overseas and interstate, and classic gold rushes. Significant finds included: * Halls Cr ...
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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 ...


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Cliff Street, Fremantle State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Fremantle {{Fremantle-stub