Fremantle Harbour is Western Australia's largest and busiest general cargo port and an important historical site.
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10 Facts About Fremantle Harbour
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The Inner Fremantle Harbour includes northern and southern wharves named North Quay and Victoria Quay respectively.
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Fremantle Harbour shipping was served by the Long Jetty that extended into the open sea, where Bathers Beach is today.
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In 1901 Fremantle Harbour surpassed Albany for the first time in total tonnage of ships and the following year in the number of ships when it cleared 410 ships to Albany's 248 ships.
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Fremantle Harbour died three days later, leaving a wife and three children.
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Limits of the Inner and Outer Fremantle Harbour go north beyond Gage Roads and Rottnest to a line west of Trigg, and south into most of Cockburn Sound.
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Fremantle Outer Harbour consist of, from north to south, the Alcoa Jetty, the Kwinana Bulk Terminal, the BP Oil Refinery Jetty, the Kwinana Bulk Jetty and the CBH Grain Jetty.
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In 1928 the Signal Station at Fremantle Harbour was moved from Arthur Head to a site on Cantonment Hill.
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Fremantle Harbour is listed as a National Engineering Landmark by Engineers Australia as part of its Engineering Heritage Recognition Program.
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