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Police Station
133 Canning Highway
The former police station (Enhanced Family Relationships is now the tenant) next to the post office on the right.
Heritage Council entry:
Federation Rustic with Georgian Influences
The Old Police Station is located at 133 Canning Highway and is part of a group of public buildings around the East Fremantle Town Hall. The former East Fremantle Post Office (next door to the police station) is located in a prominent position at the corner of Canning Highway and Stirling Highway (formerly King Street). This group of public buildings was constructed in the Federation Free Classical and Federation Bungalow styles between 1899 and 1902. The former Police Station retains much of its original external detail. The place is a single storey building constructed in limestone and brick with a hipped corrugated iron roof. The place features a police station and quarters, charge room, cell yard, two brick cells and a timber laundry. The group of Public Buildings, East Fremantle represent the historic civic heart of East Fremantle.
Residents
1909 - 1914: Police Station (William R. O’Shea, Constable in charge)
1915 - 1925: Police Station (Dan Thompson, Constable in charge)
1926 - 1928: Police Station (Sergeant K. A. Donaldson in charge)
1929: Vacant
1931 - 1936: Police Station (S. Anderson, Sergeant)
1936 - 1937: Police Station (Sergeant A. H. Trotman)
1937 - 1939: Police Station (S. Anderson, Sergeant)
1939 - 1940: Police Station (Sergeant A. H. Trotman)
1940 - 1942: Police Station (S. Anderson, Sergeant)
1942 - 1944: Police Station (F. M. Shaddick, Sergeant in charge)
1945 - 1947: Police Station (S. Anderson, Sergeant)
1949: Police Station (W. J. Keown, Sergeant in charge)
References
Charlesworth, Helene 1997, Small but Strong: a Pictorial History of the Town of East Fremantle 1897-1997, Town of East Fremantle.
Ewers, John K. 1971, The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle, Fremantle City Council, with UWAP, rev. ed. [1st ed. 1948].
Hitchcock, JK 1929, [[../hitchcock.html|The History of Fremantle]], The Front Gate of Australia 1829-1929, Fremantle City Council.
Lee, Jack 1979, This is East Fremantle (The story of a town and its people), East Fremantle Town Council.
Links
East Fremantle Heritage pages.
Heritage Trail.
Museum of Perth's Streets of East Freo website: page for this building.
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 30 April, 2020 and hosted at freotopia.org/eastfremantle/eastpolice.html (it was last updated on 21 April, 2024), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.