Bannister Street, Fremantle

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Bannister Street

Bannister Street, Fremantle
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Bannister Street is a street in Fremantle between Market Street and Pakenham Streets.

In the early 20th century a brothel operated on Bannister Street. [1]

In the 1940s some local businessmen applied to the Fremantle council to change the name of the street, [2] due to the reputation of some of the premises in previous decades. [3] [4]

Notes

  1. "FREMANTLE FANTASIES". Truth . No. 71. Western Australia. 26 November 1904. p. 4 (CITY EDITION). Retrieved 15 July 2018 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "New Name Wanted For Port Street". The Daily News . Vol. LXV, no. 22, 446 (HOME ed.). Western Australia. 19 March 1947. p. 8. Retrieved 17 March 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "FREMANTLE FANTASIES". Truth . No. 71 (CITY ed.). Perth. 26 November 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "THE WILY CELESTIAL". The Daily News . Vol. XXXIII, no. 12, 052 (THIRD ed.). Western Australia. 13 February 1914. p. 10. Retrieved 17 March 2017 via National Library of Australia.


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