Local Government
Fremantle
Region
Metropolitan
Stirling & Napier Sts North Fremantle
Between Stirling & Napier St. Lies under or very close to the railway reserve, N & W of the old school.
North Fremantle Pensioner Guard Village
Fremantle
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1850, Constructed from 1860
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage List | YES | 08 Mar 2007 |
| Type | Status | Date | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHP - Does not warrant assessment | Current | 29 May 2020 |
| Type | Status | Date | Grading/Management | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | ||||
| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 18 Sep 2000 | Historic/Archaeological Site | |
22385 North Fremantle Precinct
The North Fremantle Convict Depot was established in the late 1850s as a central point from which convicts could work on public works outside the main Establishment in Fremantle. It was one of many depots established throughout Western Australia in the 1850s and early 1860s.
Although the layout of the streets and the Pensioner Allotments is strongly evident in the alignments of Swan Street and Napier Street and the building alignment adjacent to the industrial buildings, there is no physical fabric of the Convict Depot remaining.
North Fremantle's Convict Depot was possibly set up in the late 1850s. Documentary evidence suggests that the Depot was set up near the second Pensioner Guard subdivision of Alfred Road and Thompson Road allotments. The walled Depot was situated on the former Perth Road alignment (a projection of DeLisle Street) and its intersection with the alignment of Queen Victoria Street (called Perth Road after construction of the first traffic bridge in the 1860s). The convict depot was abandoned in the late 1860s.
AREA OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY.
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6426 | A preliminary study of convict sites in Western Australia (draft). | Heritage Study {Other} | 1997 |
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Other |
| Present Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Other |
| General | Specific |
|---|---|
| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Government & politics |
| SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES | Law & order |
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