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Esplanade Park, Fremantle

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33: 152: 102:. A second jetty (South Jetty) was built in 1854 on the same site. Winter storms continued to cause damage to the foreshore buildings and a sea wall was built by convicts (c.1880) which partly alleviated the problem, but encroachment from the sea and sand drift persisted. In 1873 the kilometre-long 109:
In 1902 more land was reclaimed from the sea and the Esplanade was created thanks to funds provided by the state government and the resumption of an area of private land owned by J. Briggs M.L.C. A bandstand was opened in 1906. The first Norfolk Island Pines were planted in 1908.
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Cr. Llewellyn, in the absence of the Mayor, presided at the function, and he, in a few words, declared the stand open for the use of the public. The Trades' Hall Band was in attendance. After the formal ceremony on the Esplanade an adjournment was made to the Town
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which was previously known as "Barracks Green Field". The park known as "Fremantle Park" is located between Ord and Ellen Streets, Fremantle.
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A sum of £4,500 was provided some time ago, for extending the Fremantle Esplanade, and the work is now in hand.
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The popular Fremantle Sardine Festival is staged on the park each January.
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built a stone jetty nearby, possibly from Anglesea Point near
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is to the west of the Esplanade on the far side of the
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Index

Singapore
Esplanade Park

Fremantle
Marine Terrace
Esplanade Hotel
Norfolk Island pines
Explorers' Monument
Fremantle Oval
Swan River Colony
Henry Reveley
Bathers Beach
Long Jetty
The Esplanade railway station
Fremantle railway line
Little Creatures Brewery

City of Fremantle Parks and Reserves
Archived
Wayback Machine
"FOUNDATION DAY"
The West Australian
"Fremantle Esplanade"
The Daily News
"IMPROVING FREMANTLE PARK"
The West Australian
"Place Number 20630 THE ESPLANADE RESERVE"
the original
"Fremantle Esplanade"
Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)

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