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16-June-2015 (Bryan Hardy)
16-June-2015 (Bryan Hardy)

Photographs supplied by Father Ted Doncaster / Bryan Hardy

The monument commemorates Captain Charles Fremantle who landed in Fremantle in May 1829.

The original memorial was designed by Roderick Browton, who is a community artist. It was originally erected on Marine Terrace, in the Esplanade Reserve, close to the railway line looking down Mouat Street, to form a focal point for the Foundation Day ceremony. There was a demountable flag staff incorporated into the plinth. In 1991 the memorial was damaged and later re-erected on the present site in 2003. Roderick Bowton sculpted another statue at the Stirling Naval base on Garden Island. 

Fremantle was Captain of HMS Challenger and was despatched by the Admiralty from the Cape of Good Hope on 20 March 1829. He anchored in Cockburn Sound on 2 May and landed on Garden Island. One week later, he hoisted the British flag on the south head of the mouth of the Swan River and took formal possession in the name of His Majesty King George IV of `all that part of New Holland (Australia) which is not included within the territory of New South Wales`.

 

 

Location

Address:Stirling Highway & McCabe Street, North Fremantle , 6159
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.021658
Long: 115.753501
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Sculpture
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Actual Event Start Date:02-May-1829
Actual Event End Date:02-May-1829
Link:http://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-…

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:2003
Front Inscription

Charles Howe Fremantle

Left Side Inscription

Fremantle

A place of consequence

 

Right Side Inscription

Fremantle

A place of consequence

Source: MA,ACPH
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