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FREMANTLE , a seaport of See also:Swan See also:county, Western See also:Australia, at the mouth of the Swan See also:river, 12 M. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Perth . It is the See also:terminus of the Eastern railway, and is a See also:town of some See also:industrial activity, See also:shipbuilding, See also:soap-boiling, saw-milling, smelting; See also:iron-See also:founding, See also:furniture-making, See also:flour-milling, See also:brewing and tanning being its See also:chief See also:industries . The See also:harbour, by the construction of two See also:long moles and the See also:blasting away of the rocks at the See also:bar, has been rendered secure . The See also:English, See also:French and See also:German See also:mail steamers See also:call at the See also:port . Fremantle became a See also:municipality in 1871; but there are now three See also:separate municipalities—Fremantle, with a See also:population in 1901 of 14,704; Fremantle See also:East (2494); and Fremantle See also:North (3246) . At Rottnest See also:Island, off the harbour, there are See also:government See also:salt-See also:works and a See also:residence of the See also:governor, also penal and reformatory establishments . |
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