The former Union Bank of Australia Building, also known as the ANZ Bank Building, is a heritage listed building located at 86

High Street High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business, especially shopping. It is also a metonym fo ...

in the

Fremantle West End Heritage area Fremantle West End Heritage area is a designated heritage precinct in Fremantle, Western Australia. The City of Fremantle nominated the area in 2014 for inclusion in the State Register of Heritage Places to the Heritage Council of Western Au ...

. It was one of many commercial buildings constructed in Fremantle during the

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period. The two storey building was constructed in 1930 The site was formerly known as 84 High Street and was the address of four shops that occupied the site prior to 1930. The building was designed by Hobbs, Smith and Forbes and built for the Union Bank of Australia by the builder R. V. Ritchie. Constructed in the Inter-War Free Classical style the building was made from rendered brick with an ashlar effect and has a breakfront where the centre of the building is recessed. The building has a basement along with the two storeys above and occupies of street frontage. the side stairway entrance leads to large offices on the second floor. The cost of the building was estimated at £17,000. The bank put its old premises at the corner of Cliff Street and High Street up for sale in July 1930. In 1951 the

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merged with the Union Bank of Australia to form the

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Limited The name of the bank remained on the site until between 1952 and 1956 when it was renamed as the Australia and New Zealand Bank. The property was renovated in 1960 and 1969. The bank continued to use part of the building until 1990 when it relocated and put the site up for auction. It was eventually sold in mid-1991 and opened as a market later the same year selling glassware, ceramics and toys. The markets closed down about a year later.

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{{Reflist High Street, Fremantle Heritage places in Fremantle 1930 establishments in Australia State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Fremantle

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