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Beyond the Round House

This page is a record of a written work relating to Fremantle.


CONTENTS (with an added note as to the topic of each chapter)

Why the Round House has a poetic touch - [[../people/reveley.html|Reveley]] and Shelley
Tunnel opened way for a whaling industry - Reveley
Jetty's remains a reminder of early port - [[../people/campbell.html|Joan Campbell]]
US President’s journey to the White House, via Fremantle - Hoover
View from the attic brought German Consul's downfall - [[../people/ratazzi.html|Ratazzi]]
Bizarre suicide marked a bank’s early days - Frank Yensen
Pioneer family's lasting link with Fremantle - [[../people/samson.html|Samson]]
Untimely deaths in a harsh land - [[../buildings/taylorfountain.html|Taylor Memorial Fountain]]
Where art and commerce find common ground - [[../people/moorewd.html|Moore]]
The Aboriginal connection - troubled times in early days - [[../people/yagan.html|Yagan]]
Law library’s links to early merchant family - [[../people/bateman.html|Bateman]]
Where law students can act with great credibility - [[../buildings/courthouse.html|Second Courthouse]]
Batavia’s voyage to disaster - [[../museums/index.html|Shipwrecks Museum]]
Fishermen gave port its cultural identity - [[../places/fishingboatharbour.html|Fishing Boat Harbour]]
America’s Cup triumph began at this old jetty
This Endeavour lived up to its name - [[../museums/index.html|Shipwrecks Museum]]
A curious commemoration of controversial killings - Maitland Brown
When a watering-hole was a benchmark for job-seekers - [[../people/troy.html|Paddy Troy]]
Fighting prelude to a showcase Strip - Cappuccino Strip
America’s Cup gave drinking a new flavour - [[../hotels/freemasons.html|Sail&Anchor]], [[../hotels/oddfellows.html|Norfolk]], [[../hotels/newcastle.html|Newport]] hotels
Markets that offer lifestyle bargains - [[../buildings/markets.html|Fremantle Markets]]
Living the cottage life with conviction - [[../buildings/warderscottages.html|Warders Cottages]]
Town Hall celebrations went off with a bang - [[../buildings/townhall.html|Town Hall]]
The day a wharf dispute erupted into Bloody Sunday - [[../people/edwards.html|Tom Edwards]]
Italian sculptor’s lasting legacy - [[../people/porcelli.html|Pietro Porcelli]]
Some interesting signs of the time - various
[[../people/kinggeorge.html|George King]], a man for all seasons - [[../churches/stjohns.html|St John's]]
The blacksmith’s son who became a hero - Hugh Edwards
Salvos’ singing made for a rude awakening - various hotels
His music was a barbershop solo - Norm Wrightson, [[../buildings/victoriahall.html|Victoria Hall]]
The prison superintendent who fell from grace - [[../buildings/prison.html|Fremantle Prison]], [[../people/dixonthomas.html|Thos Dixon]]
The Catalpa Rescue: The USA v WA - [[../people/oreilly.html|J.B. O'Reilly]]
The prisoner who phoned his mother for a recipe - [[../buildings/prison.html|Fremantle Prison]]
Gangster Ryan kept the prison clock ticking - 'Shiner' Ryan, [[../buildings/prison.html|Fremantle Prison]]
These tunnels helped solve a water problem - [[../buildings/prison.html|Fremantle Prison]]
Parade ground became a community focal point - [[../parks/oval.html|Fremantle Oval]]
Edmund Henderson, from Fremantle Prison to Scotland Yard
A perfect season at the seaside - South Beach
Jon conquered - and discovered - ocean mountains - Jon Sanders
Some Quay advice for early English girl migrants - [[../port/index.html|Victoria Quay]]
[[../people/oconnor.html|C.Y. O’Connor]]: Triumph to Tragedy
The rock that barred a colony’s mail - [[../port/index.html|Fremantle Harbour]]
The day a vital wartime base almost blew up - [[../port/index.html|Fremantle Harbour]]
Pub meeting led to a lasting commercial success - [[../people/solomon.html|Elias Solomon]], [[../organisations/commerce.html|Chamber of Commerce]]
Fremantle rail link survives a chequered past - [[../buildings/railwaystation.html|Railway Station]]
Heroism honoured at Army Museum
Pioneer church honoured by the Pope - [[../churches/stpatricks.html|St Patrick's]], [[../parks/mayors.html|Proclamation Tree]], [[../parks/mayors.html|Marmion Memorial]]
Bridges’ vital link to capital and beyond - [[../bridges/bridge1939.html|Traffic]] and Stirling [[../bridges/index.html|Bridges]]
The building with a haunted past - [[../buildings/asylum.html|Asylum]]
[[../places/warmemorial.html|Monument Hill]] rising from barren waste
[[../people/johns.html|Moondyne Joe]] made a mockery of prison - [[../cemeteries/carrington.html|Fremantle Cemetery]]


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