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Fremantle

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Fremantle

Chief port of Western Australia, at the mouth of the River Swan, 19 km/12 mi southwest of ; population (2001) 24,500. Fremantle is the port for . It has shipbuilding yards, sawmills, food processors, and a fish cannery; principal exports include grain, alumina, refined petroleum, silica sands, animal feeds, sheep, metal scrap, water, titanium dioxide, liquid petroleum gas, bricks, and tiles. Notre Dame University was established here in 1989.

Fremantle was founded in 1829 as a free settlement, and named after Captain Charles Fremantle, who landed here. The Round House (1831), originally a prison, is the oldest public building in Western Australia. The America's Cup yacht race was held here in 1987.



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In May 2001, the Emergency Department Mental Health Triage Project, was piloted at Fremantle Hospital with the aim of embedding mental health clinicians into the Emergency Department (ED) to determine the impact on clinical services.
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What You Hear in the Dark: New and Selected Poems" includes selections of the best of three previously published books of poetry by Sonia Gernes, including her book, "A Breeze Called the Fremantle Doctor: Poems/Tales," published in 1997.
What You Hear in the Dark by Lorraine, Nancy / MBR Bookwatch
What You Hear in the Dark: New and Selected Poems" includes selections of the best of three previously published books of poetry by Sonia Gernes, including her book, "A Breeze Called the Fremantle Doctor: Poems/Tales," published in 1997.
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