High Street, south side, between Market and Pakenham Streets.
At the end of 2022: former Bank of Australasia/former Economic Stores/remedy.
Hitchcock 1919, describing the situation as he recalled it was in 1869:
Next to Higham’s was the jeweller’s shop of a Russian Jew named Rosenberg.
Next door was a baker’s shop, kept by a Mr. Downs; and then a sailors’ boarding house, kept by James Freeman.
References and Links
Hitchcock, J.K. 1919, [[../books/hitchcock1919.html|'Early Days of Fremantle: High Street 50 Years Ago']], Fremantle Times, one of a series of articles on 'Early Days of Fremantle' publ. 21 March - 20 June 1919.
Fremantle History Centre. Look for the PDFs called:
Purchasers of Fremantle Town Lots 1829-1837
Purchasers of Fremantle Town Lots 1855-1879
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