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Museum and Arts Centre, Fremantle

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00875
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Location

1-21 Finnerty St Fremantle

Location Details

The place is currently known as Fremantle Arts Centre.

Other Name(s)

Asylum for the Criminally Insane
Lunatic Asylum & Old Women's Home

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1861 to 1886

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage Area YES 08 Mar 2007 City of Fremantle
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007 City of Fremantle
State Register Registered 16 Nov 1993 Register Entry

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Classified by the National Trust Classified 11 Jun 1973

Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978

Municipal Inventory Adopted 18 Sep 2000 Level 1A

Level 1A

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of exceptional cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle. This place is entered onto the Heritage Council of Western Australia’s Register of Heritage Places. All development applications must be referred to the Heritage Council for approval.

City of Fremantle

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
George Temple Poole, ne wing, facing Finnerty Street (1886) & southern wings (1890 and 1894). Architect - -
Jewell Architect - -
Captain Henderson Architect - -
George Temple Poole Architect - -

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
5767 A report on the restoration of the Fremantle Museum and Art Centre. Report 1987
7659 Fremantle museum and arts centre conservation plan. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2001
11561 Building the Fremantle convict establishment - Henderson and Coy Heritage Study {Other} 2011
6426 A preliminary study of convict sites in Western Australia (draft). Heritage Study {Other} 1997
9629 Fremantle museum and arts centre conservation plan: DRAFT 30/6/99. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 1999
11859 Fremantle Arts Centre Finnerty Street, Fremantle Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2020
3024 Historical traces. Serial 1997
7467 Fremantle : beyond the Round House. Book 2005
11358 Cast iron pillar boxes of Western Australia: An early history of the J & E Ledger foundry Book 2015
11815 Henderson & Coy : Royal Engineers & the Convict Establishment Fremantle Western Australia 1850 - 1872 Book 2017

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Other Use MILITARY Other
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Institutional Housing
Original Use RESIDENTIAL Single storey residence
Original Use HEALTH Asylum
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Technical School
Other Use MILITARY Office or Administration Bldg
Present Use EDUCATIONAL Museum

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian
Victorian Tudor
Old Colonial Gothick Picturesque

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall RENDER Smooth
Roof TILE Terracotta Tile
Wall STONE Limestone
Roof TIMBER Shingle

Historic Themes

General Specific
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES World Wars & other wars
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict}
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES Institutions
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Settlements

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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