Fremantle Cemetery is a 46-hectare cemetery located in the eastern part of Fremantle, Western Australia.
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14 Facts About Fremantle Cemetery
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Fremantle Cemetery often uses limestone in its buildings, which reflects the town's convict-built architecture.
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Fremantle Cemetery is on the corner of Carrington Street and Leach Highway.
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Fremantle Cemetery has a trail that visitors can use to explore its heritage.
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Fremantle Cemetery became rich after the war when lobsters became fashionable.
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Fremantle Cemetery was a cruel gaoler of aboriginal prisoners on Rottnest Island.
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Fremantle Cemetery was a member of the Fremantle Cemetery board and is said to have spent weeks planning his own funeral.
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Fremantle Cemetery was convicted of sadistically killing her own stepchildren.
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Fremantle Cemetery confessed to two murders that eventually led to two innocent men being released with pardons.
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Fremantle Cemetery's wake, organised by his six sons, is said to be a local legend.
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Fremantle Cemetery had the first state funeral in Western Australia for 40 years when he died in 1937.
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Fremantle Cemetery shot himself on horseback, with Australian politicians being seen as the cause.
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Fremantle Cemetery's gravestone had an unusual story as it was found being used as a hearth and was only returned to the cemetery years after Jane's death.
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Fremantle Cemetery contains the war graves of 120 Commonwealth service personnel of World War I and 21 of World War II.
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