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The first steamship to enter the port was HMS Driver on 4 December 1845. [5] The one-kilometre-long (3,294 ft) Long Jetty was the primary port facility until the harbour was opened in 1897. Fremantle shipping was served by the Long Jetty that extended into the open sea, where Bathers Beach is today.
The Fremantle Outer Harbour is the part of Fremantle Harbour located in the Cockburn Sound, at the City of Kwinana, Western Australia. Fremantle Harbour consists of the Inner Harbour, which is situated on the mouth of the Swan River; and the Outer Harbour, which is 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the south. It is managed by the Fremantle Port Authority.
The planning, which commenced in 1957, considered the future needs of the port, so designed a facility capable of processing two ocean liners simultaneously. Hobbs, Winning and Leighton was the architectural firm that designed the building in the post war international style, with AT Brine & Sons and the Fremantle Harbour Trust commencing ...
It currently has a network of roads, Port Beach Road being the main access road, with it extending into Rudderhan Drive, and Rous Head Road to the Rous Head Harbour and Ferry Terminal. North Mole road goes all the way to the North Mole Lighthouse, leaves Rudderham and travels on the breakwater between the ocean and the Rous Head Harbour to the ...
Fremantle (/ ˈ f r iː m æ n t əl /) (Nyungar: Walyalup) is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for Fremantle is Freo. [1]
Following the settlement of the Swan River Colony in 1829, the Swan River was the main transportation link between Perth and the port of Fremantle. [1] Land transportation was difficult as the only river crossing near Perth, a ford at the eastern end of the town, was often impassable for wagons and carts.
Fremantle Ports building with harbour control on the top, and statue of C. Y. O'Connor Fremantle Port Authority , also known by its registered business name Fremantle Ports , [ 1 ] is the responsible authority created under the Western Australian Port Authorities Act 1999.
Gage Roads is an outer harbour area of Fremantle Harbour. It is situated in the Indian Ocean offshore from Fremantle , Western Australia , and incorporates a deep water sea channel . [ 1 ] Gage Roads serves both as a shipping lane and as an anchorage for sea traffic heading towards the seaport of Fremantle.