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John K. Ewers 1971, The Western Gateway: A History of Fremantle, Fremantle City Council, with UWAP, rev. ed. [1st ed. 1948].
Armorial bearings of the City of Fremantle
List of Plates
Foreword by the Rt Hon. Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia
Author's Note and Acknowledgements
1 The gateway is opened
Captain C. H. Fremantle in the Challenger . . . Reports on the Swan River . . . The arrival of the Parmelia . . . Proclamation of the Town of Fremantle
2 Laying the foundations
First land sales . . . Some visitors' opinions . . . First births . . . Early hotels . . . Widening horizons . . . Land prices and commodity shortages . . . Early newspapers . . . The Round House . . . The colony’s only duel . . . The first race meeting
3 End of the first decade
Roads and communications . . . Trouble with the natives . . . Post Office established . . . Early schools . . . The Government Resident . . . Land prices and labour shortage . . . The whaling industry . . . Shipbuilding and trading ventures . . . Governor Stirling resigns
4 The second decade
Labour difficulties . . . Beginning of banking . . . Fremantle in the ‘forties’ ... St. John’s Church . . . Loss of King’s Square . . . Other religious denominations . . . Depression . . . Export ventures . . . The first steamship arrives . . . Fremantle a free port . . . The coming of the convicts
5 The Fremantle Town Trust, 1848-1871
Acts to establish Town Trusts . . . The first Fremantle Town Trust . . . Early rating . . . Convicts and public works . . . Fremantle Literary Institute ... A brush with Governor Kennedy . . . Yorkshire flagstones for Fremantle footpaths . . . Swamps and sand-drift . . . Later rating systems
6 Fremantle under the Town Trust
Fremantle in 1851 and 1863 . . . New buildings . . . Attempts to remove the river-bar . . . Inadequate harbour protection . . . Calamity in the harbour . . . The North Fremantle traffic bridge . . . Visit of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh . . . Telegraph line opened
7 The Town Council, 1871-1883
End of the convict system . . . A measure of responsible government . . . Fremantle Town Council established . . . The first loans . . . Steps towards a town hall . . . Purchase of land in High Street . . . Receptions and farewells . . . Early reserves
8 Fremantle in the Seventies
The deep sea jetty . . . Railway from Fremantle to Guildford opened . . . New buildings . . . Some visitors* impressions . . . The escape of the Fenians
9 The mayor and corporation
The first mayor . . . Building the Town Hall . . . Official opening . . . Murder of a councillor . . . The volunteer fire brigade . . . Water supply . . . Health matters . . . Early hospital arrangements
10 Fremantle harbour
Some early plans . . . C. Y. O’Connor’s scheme for an inner harbour . . . Sir John Forrest’s proposal . . . Select Committee’s recommendations . . . First ships in the harbour . . . Welcome to a Fremantle native . . . Council appreciation
11 The turn of the century
Population and property increases . . . Public markets . . . The Fremantle Oval . . . Municipal changes . . . Tramways and electricity . . . The problem of the bridges . . . Extension of High Street . . . Other municipal enterprises . . . Loss of railway workshops . . . New site of railway station and its consequences
12 The First World War and afterwards
Suggestion to widen High Street . . . World War I . . . Unsettled years of peace . . . Industrial unrest . . . Epidemic of pneunomic influenza . . . South Beach improvements . . . Abortive move for new sea baths . . . The fish markets . . . Suggested municipal milk supply . . . Fremantle War Memorial . . . Building activities . . . The approaching centenary
13 The Fremantle City Council
The proclamation of the City of Fremantle . . . Centenary pageants . . . Depression and unemployment relief . . . Fall in municipal revenue . . . Diphtheria immunization clinic . . . Dental clinic . . . Sanitary improvements . . . Education in Fremantle . . . Storm-water drains . . . New traffic bridge . . . World War II . . . A.R.P. and V. D.C. . . . The Mayor’s Patriotic Fund
14 Fremantle Harbour and the Twentieth Century
The significance of the Inner Harbour . . . The Fremantle Harbour Trust . . . Expansion to meet growing needs . . . The largest ships to berth . . . A serious fire . . . The harbour and World War II . . . F. W. E. Tydeman, architect of mechanization . . . The significance of Outer Harbour development . . . The problem of wharfage dues . . . The position today
15 The Kwinana Industrial Complex
Origin of name . . . Oil, steel, alumina, nickel . . . The inter-locking of industry . . . An oil-fired power station . . . The smaller industries . . . Railway terminus and marshalling yards . . . Opportunities for further development
16 Fremantle in the Post-War Years
Fremantle’s road outlets . . . Sale of electric plant and transport . . . Trust Fund established . . . Council’s early town-planning scheme . . . The Stephenson-Hepbum Regional Plan . . . Health centre . . . Hospital developments . . . Royal visits . . . W.A.'s first free library . . . Post-war educational expansion . . . Migrant population . . . The Fishermen’s Co-operative . . . Amalgamation with North Fremantle
17 Early Results of Council Planning
The O’Connor industrial area . . . Housing developments . . . Fremantle’s ‘new look' . . . The Civic Centre . . . New retail centre . . . Bus terminal . . . Car-parking facilities . . . Parks and recreational areas . . . South Beach
18 Living with History
Foundation Day celebration . . . Fremantle’s ‘west end' . . . The heart of the city . . . Plans for the preservation of historical landmarks . . . Some features worth saving . . . The Samson home . . . W. A.’s first regional museum . . . The value of a remembered past
19 Two Great Civic Leaders
F. E. Gibson . . . Early life . . . Period of office as mayor . . . Parliamentary experience . . . Knighthood in 1948 . . . Policy in Council . . . Looks back on 30 years . . . W. F. Samson, his successor in office . . . Family connections . . . Early life and schooldays . . . Establishes his own business . . . Becomes a councillor . . . Mayor in 1951 . . . Knighthood in 1962 . . . Personal identification with Fremantle, past and present
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