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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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