Fremantle walking tours and trails

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The historic city of Fremantle, Western Australia has many walking tours and trails. A variety of books and pamphlets describe these trails.

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The walking through or around Fremantle is celebrated in at least one song, [1] and also had involved competitions in 1893. [2]

The City of Fremantle has had "heritage events" which have included special tours and walks, as well as explorations of the city heritage. [3]

Fremantle heritage is not without its controversies and regular public debates have occurred over demolition of historic buildings and sites, as well as overall policy in relation to heritage of Fremantle.

The debates and controversies have usually involved the Fremantle Society, politicians, members of the city council and other public groups. [4]

Some issues over the decades have seen significant loss of heritage in the City area, but despite the losses, sufficient streetscapes and evidence of cultural heritage remain, and there is a good facility for the heritage to be recorded and written up. [5]

Books

Books from the 1960s such as Birch's are both "a handbook and official guide". [6] The Education Department of WA published a guide in 1980. [7] The 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 1987 America's Cup challenge changed the Fremantle landscape. [8] [9]

David Hutchison's Fremantle Walks [10] and his earlier book from 1986 [11] provide a well based set of information about the features of Fremantle.

Specific sections of Fremantle such as the "West End" [12] and other parts have been isolated in specific books such Seddon's 2000 publication Looking at an old suburb. [13] In the 2000s, books such as Richard and Moira's Freo footsteps appeared. [14]

Annual events

The local university, Notre Dame, holds its annual commencement walk around the streets of the West End of Fremantle. [15]

City of Fremantle

The city has provided over time maps and guides as to walking around Fremantle. [16]

The City of Fremantle has engaged consultants to review the objects and subjects of tours and events, such as the 1995 report. [17]

Fremantle Trails

The City of Fremantle has a set of Fremantle Trails ranging through a range of subjects: [18]

Walking the City

David Hutchison's 2006 Fremantle Walks includes the following themed subjects with maps. [20]

Other tours and guides

At various stages in Fremantle history, there have been events and special tours that have been isolated single events.

Also tourism promotion guides that do not identify specific trails have been published over decades as "what's on" and are basically advertising for businesses prepared to be included. [21] [22]

Walking tours

More recently organised tours are provided by providers such as Two Feet and a Heartbeat [23] and other groups.

Freopedia

The Freopedia project for having QR-coded signs at significant historic buildings and sites throughout Fremantle was a project that originated outside of Fremantle, [24] and saw the collaboration between The Fremantle Society, Wikimedia Australia, the Fremantle City Council as well as the State Records Office, Fremantle Business Improvement District, Fremantle Port Authority, and other organisations in Fremantle. The QR signs link to the articles in Wikipedia about the buildings and the sites marked.

Notes

  1. ↑ O'Malley, Lorraine (1940), Walking down Fremantle , retrieved 15 June 2014
  2. ↑ "PEDESTRIANISM". The Inquirer & Commercial News . Perth, WA. 17 March 1893. p. 16. Retrieved 15 June 2014– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Bosworth, Michal; Walker, Meredith; Hutchison, D. E. (David Eric), 1927-; Pike, Penelope; Fremantle (W.A. : Municipality). Council; Fremantle Heritage Asset Management and Data Base Project (1995), City of Fremantle thematic historical framework, The Council, retrieved 15 June 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Davidson, Ron; Davidson, Dianne (2010), Fighting for Fremantle : the Fremantle Society story, Fremantle Press, ISBN   978-1-921361-91-3
  5. ↑ The publications of Dowson, John; Dowson, John, 1947- (2011), Fremantle Port : a pictorial history, The Chart & Map Shop, ISBN   978-0-9805395-4-7 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), and Dowson, John (2004), Old Fremantle : photographs 1850-1950 (Rev. and expanded ed.), UWA Press, ISBN   978-1-920694-26-5 are an introduction to the historic Fremantle. The holdings of the Fremantle Local Studies Collection at Fremantle Library, the Fremantle Society, the Fremantle History Society, the publication of Fremantle History Society (1999), Fremantle studies : journal of the Fremantle History Society, The Society, ISSN   1443-0800 , and the Fremantle council endorsement and support of the Freopedia project - show that the recording and publishing of history of the city is well catered for.
  6. ↑ Birch, John E. V; Fremantle (W.A. : Municipality). Council (1962), The city of Fremantle, Western Australia : a handbook and official guide, Fremantle City Council, retrieved 15 June 2014
  7. ↑ Cook, Penny; Western Australia. Education Dept (1980), Walking in Fremantle, Education Dept. of Western Australia, ISBN   978-0-7244-8523-9
  8. ↑ Macbeth, J; Selwood, J; Veitch, S (2012), Paradigm shift or a drop in the ocean? The America's Cup impact on Fremantle, Routledge, retrieved 3 October 2021
  9. ↑ "INSIDE STORIES AMERICA'S CUP DISTURBS SLEEPY FREMANTLE". The Canberra Times . Vol. 59, no. 18, 178. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 July 1985. p. 4 (GOOD WEEKEND). Retrieved 3 October 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ Hutchison, D. E. (David Eric); Fremantle Arts Centre Press (2006), Fremantle walks, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN   978-1-921064-30-2
  11. ↑ Hutchison, D. E. (David Eric); Lombardo's Fishing Boat Harbour (1986), Guide to Fremantle, Lombardo's Fishing Boat Harbour, retrieved 15 June 2014
  12. ↑ Locality of the Notre Dame University
  13. ↑ Seddon, George; Haddy, Barbara (2000), Looking at an old suburb : a walking guide to four blocks of Fremantle, G. Seddon and B. Haddy, ISBN   978-1-74052-034-8
  14. ↑ Skead, Richard; Goldney, Moira, (author.) (2015), Richard and Moira's Freo footsteps : walks around Fremantle from (and back to) Clancy's Fish Pub), Western Weasel Words, retrieved 3 October 2021{{citation}}: |author2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ↑ Ebbs, Michelle (9 February 2011), Fremantle parade marks start of academic year, ResearchOnline@ND, retrieved 15 June 2014
  16. ↑ Western Australia. Dept. for Planning and Infrastructure; Fremantle (W.A. : Municipality). Council (2003), City of Fremantle access & facilities guide : your guide for walking, cycling and using public transport in the City of Fremantle, Dept. for Planning and Infrastructure, retrieved 15 June 2014
  17. ↑ Bosworth, Michal; Walker, Meredith; Hutchison, D. E. (David Eric), 1927-; Pike, Penelope; Fremantle (W.A. : Municipality). Council; Fremantle Heritage Asset Management and Data Base Project (1995), City of Fremantle thematic historical framework, The Council, retrieved 15 June 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ An earlier version was produced in 2008,Fremantle Trails; Fremantle (W.A. : Municipality). Council (2008), Fremantle Trails, City of Fremantle],c[2008?], retrieved 15 June 2014, the Fremantle Trails website has updated items
  19. ↑ http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/OurCemeteries/Fremantle-Cemetery/HeritageWalkTrail.aspx Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Fremantle Cemetery Heritage Walk
  20. ↑ Hutchison, D. E. (David Eric); Fremantle Arts Centre Press (2006), Fremantle walks, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN   978-1-921064-30-2
  21. ↑ Your guide to Perth & Fremantle, Countrywide Publications, 1986, retrieved 15 June 2014
  22. ↑ Urban Walkabout (Firm) (2012), Fremantle, Surry Hills, NSW Urban Walkabout, retrieved 15 June 2014
  23. ↑ "Fremantle Historical Walking Tours - Two Feet & a Heartbeat". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  24. ↑ "Wikipedia: How a project launched in Monmouth has gone global". 31 January 2013.

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