Fremantle Boat Harbour

I am posting a few of my pics taken at the Fremantle Boat Harbour.

The area was originally known by Whadjuk people as Walyalup. Apparently the history of the Whadjuk people of the South West region of Western Australia goes back thousands of years.

Europeans arrived in 1829 when Captain Charles Fremantle claimed the west coast of New Holland for the British Crown. Then in June 1829 Governor James Stirling established the Swan River settlement at the mouth of the Swan River.

Between 1850 and 1868 convicts were sent from Britain to provide labour and help the struggling colony. They built some of Fremantle's notable buildings, including Fremantle Prison.

The boom days for Fremantle were the years of gold and wheat, at the end of the 1800s, when the port was the gateway to the goldfields and pastoral lands. The town grew quickly to a city in 1929.

It is Fremantle's port that was the point of the city's prosperity. It was a base for Allied naval ships during World War II. After the war, Fremantle was first port of call for thousands of immigrants from Europe.

Fremantle is Western Australia’s biggest port and the adjacent fishing port is a base for a large commercial fishing fleet.