1961

Timeline: ← 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 →

• William Wauhop Mayor of the Town of East Fremantle 1944-1961.
• SS Oriana visited Fremantle on her maiden voyage, and the Oriana Cinema renamed to that from Hoyts Fremantle.
• June 23: "Decoration Day". Arrival of SS Canberra on her maiden voyage.

  

  SS Canberra in Sydney, 1968.

References and Links

Ewers, John K. 1971, The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle, Fremantle City Council, with UWAP, rev. ed. [1st ed. 1948]: 157.

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