- September 4: The Fremantle Civic Library opened by JS Battye, State Librarian, in the the 1899 Literary Institute building (Evan Davies Building) at 13 South Terrace. The new Library came about partly a result of the efforts of Evan Morris Davies, and it was renamed the Evan Davies Library in 1956. The building was threatened with demolition in the 1970s and was only saved due to the work of members of the Fremantle Society.[1]
- Release of the Tydeman report recommending huge extensions to Fremantle Harbour including removal of both road and rail bridges. The road bridge is still there, tho the rail bridge was rebuilt further east.[2]
- Charles 'Curley' Molyneux awarded an MBE for his work visiting patients at Fremantle Hospital.
References
- ↑ Ron Davidson; Dianne Davidson Fighting for Fremantle: The Fremantle Society Story 2010 (Fremantle Society)
- ↑ John K. Ewers The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle 1971 (Fremantle City Council and University of Western Australia Press)
Freotopia
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 6 August, 2015 and hosted at freotopia.org/timeline/1949.html (it was last updated on 21 August, 2015), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.