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Ellen Street, Fremantle
Ellen Street is a parallel road to High Street in Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australi .... It was named after Ellen Stirling (née Mangles), wife of Governor Stirling. It has a range of heritage listed properties on its southern side including Christian Brothers College and Samson House, and on the northern side has the Fremantle Bowling Club at the intersection with Parry Street, Fremantle Park, and John Curtin College of the Arts. Intersections See also Notes Streets in Fremantle {{Fremantle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Heritage Places In Fremantle
This is a list of heritage places in the City of Fremantle that are listed on the State Register of Heritage Places. In 2017, there are 252 such places, including buildings and monuments. This list includes many places which are included within the Fremantle West End Heritage area, a historic district which includes about 250 buildings, which was itself listed on the State Register in 2016. This list is based on information from the State Heritage Office's inHerit database. The inHerit database includes places which are on the State Register of Heritage Places, the City of Fremantle's Municipal Heritage Inventory, the National Trust of Australia, National Trust's List of Classified Places, the Australian National Heritage List, National Heritage List and the Commonwealth Heritage List. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parry Street, Fremantle
Parry Street is a street in Fremantle, Western Australia. Its northernmost point is its junction with Elder Place and Beach Street. Near the corner of Parry Street and Quarry Street is the Fremantle Substation, which was built in 1932 as a power station for the Fremantle Municipal Tramway network. It was taken over by the State Energy Commission of Western Australia when the trams were decommissioned in 1952, and operated as an energy-themed museum from 1989 to 2009, before being sold into private ownership at the latter date. Private residential apartments are planned for the site, with the original building exterior being mostly retained. The Fremantle Bowling club is located at the intersection with Ellen Street. Parry Street intersects with High Street at Queens Square. The Parry Street car park, south of the intersection with High Street is adjacent to the Fremantle Prison. The Fremantle branch of Legacy Australia Legacy is an Australian non-profit organisat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ord Street, Fremantle
Ord Street in Fremantle, Western Australia is an important road that links Queen Victoria Street to the north with Hampton Road to the south, as part of State Route 12. It starts at Finnerty Street, crosses High Street and ends at Knutsford Street, at the north eastern corner of Fremantle Prison. It has significant heritage properties on its route, such as the Fremantle Arts Centre on the corner with Finnerty Street, and other historic buildings, such as Samson House, on the corner of Ord and Ellen Street. In 1946 the Fremantle Bakery was constructed in Ord Street. Ord Street was named after Sir Harry Ord, the Governor of Western Australia The governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the monarch, King Charles III. As with the other governors of the Australian states, the governor of Western Australia performs constitutional, ceremonial and commun ... from 1877 to 1880. Notes External links * {{Streets of Fremantle Streets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Street, Fremantle
East Street in a street located in Fremantle, Western Australia. It runs between High Street, Fremantle, High Street and Beach Street, Fremantle, Beach Street on the southern shore of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River. The intersection with High Street is at the north east corner of the Fremantle War Memorial, Monument Hill reserve. It also intersects with Ellen Street, Fremantle, Ellen Street and Burt Street, Fremantle, Burt Street on its western side. It crosses Canning Highway before a steep drop to the level of Beach Street. Located on the western side of the street is the John Curtin College of the Arts The cutting and its edges at the southern end of the street has required maintenance over time. The Swan River end of the street, a jetty known locally as the East Street Jetty, has been the location for a number of events. Intersections Notes {{Streets of Fremantle East Street, Fremantle, Streets in Fremantle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Street, Fremantle
High Street is the main street running through the City of Fremantle, Western Australia. The street passes by historic landmarks, including the Round House (Western Australia), Round House, the Fremantle Town Hall, and the Fremantle War Memorial, through the Fremantle West End Heritage area and through two town squares. Trams operated along High Street for 47 years, between 1905 and 1952. Running east–west, High Street continues as Leach Highway, a major arterial road, at Stirling Highway, linking Fremantle with Perth Airport although the stretch of road between Stirling Highway and Carrington Street is known locally—and signed—as High Street. History Within twelve years of Fremantle being settled in 1829, High Street was considered the main road of the area. The street was named by the Surveyor-General of Western Australia John Septimus Roe, in line with the traditional naming of main streets in England. The east–west route linked the Round House (Western Aust ... [...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 (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian English, 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 exploration of Australia, Dutch explorers in the 1600s, Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River Colony, Swan River colonists in 1829, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangles Family
Mangles is the name of a wealthy English family whose members had amongst other things, interests in the Swan River Colony. Prominent members Prominent members and interests include: * James Mangles MP (1762–1838), High Sheriff for Surrey from 1808–1809, MP for Guildford in Parliament from 1831–1837. * James Mangles FRS (1786–1867), nephew of James Mangles MP. Travelled extensively in the Middle East; co-authored ''Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor''. Visited the Swan River Colony in 1831. Commissioned James Drummond (through George Fletcher Moore) to collect seeds, plants, and herbarium specimens. He also received seeds and plants from Georgiana Molloy. * Robert Mangles (1780–1861), brother of James Mangles. * Ellen Mangles (1807–1874), daughter of James Mangles MP. In 1823 she married James Stirling, later Admiral and Governor of Western Australia. * Ross Donnelly Mangles (1801–77), son of James Mangles MP, Liberal Member for Guildford, 1841� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stirling (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir James Stirling (28 January 179122 April 1865) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. His enthusiasm and persistence persuaded the British Government to establish the Swan River Colony and he became the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Australia. In 1854, when Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station, Stirling on his own initiative signed Britain's first Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty.Dictionary of Australian BiographJames Stirling/ref> Throughout his career Stirling showed considerable diplomatic skill and was selected for a number of sensitive missions. Paradoxically, this was not reflected in his personal dealings with officialdom and his hopes for preferment received many rebuffs. Stirling also personally led the attack in Western Australia on a group of approximately seventy Bindjareb men, women and children now known as the Pinjarra massacre. Stirling entered the Royal Navy at age 12 and as a midshipman saw action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Brothers College, Fremantle
Christian Brothers College Fremantle is an Independent Catholic secondary school for young men, located in Ellen Street site, in the coastal community surrounding Fremantle, Western Australia. The school traces its origins back to 1882, and in 1901 management responsibility was assigned to members of the religious order of the Christian Brothers. Teaching students in the tradition of Edmund Rice, the college caters for day students from Years 7 to 12, however in the past it was technically all ages. Christian Brothers College (CBC) is associated with Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) and has been a member of the Associated & Catholic Colleges of Western Australia (ACC) since its inception in 1937. The college does not have an official sister school, but maintains good relations with both Iona Presentation College located in Mosman Park and Santa Maria College in Attadale. History The school's first building was opened in 1882 on High Street in the port town of Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been published since 1833. It tends to have conservative leanings, and has mostly supported the Liberal–National Party Coalition. It has Australia's largest share of market penetration (84% of WA) of any newspaper in the country. Content ''The West Australian'' publishes international, national and local news. , newsgathering was integrated with the TV news and current-affairs operations of '' Seven News'', Perth, which moved its news staff to the paper's Osborne Park premises. SWM also publishes two websites from Osborne Park—thewest.com.au and PerthNow. The daily newspaper includes lift-outs including Play Magazine, The Guide, West Weekend, and Body and Soul. Thewest.com.au is the online ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremantle Park
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] |
John Curtin College Of The Arts
John Curtin College of the Arts, originally John Curtin High School, is an independent, public co-educational, partially selective high school, located in East Street, , a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school provides a general and specialist education to students from the greater Fremantle area, and intake for gifted and talented arts and soccer programmes from across Western Australia. Currently, John Curtin College of the Arts has gifted and talented programmes in the following disciplines: visual arts, media arts (television and film studies), music, contemporary dance, ballet, drama (acting studies) and musical theatre. As of Semester 1, 2022 the school had 1,817 students. School historical context The school was named to commemorate John Curtin, the late local federal MP and 14th Prime Minister of Australia. It was built at an estimated cost of £A430,000, equivalent to in , to amalgamate the overcrowded Fremantle Boys' and Princess May Girls' schools, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
