Norfolk_Street,_Fremantle

Norfolk Street, Fremantle

Norfolk Street, Fremantle

Street in Fremantle, Western Australia

Norfolk Street runs between Marine Terrace and South Terrace in Fremantle, Western Australia.

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it was a street of ill health,[2] slum conditions[3] and criminality.[4][5] In June 1904, footballer James Gullan was residing at 18 Norfolk Street, and while there he drank some boiler fluid by accident thinking it was castor oil, resulting in his death.[6]

In 1960 the Western Australian Wool Buyers & Exporters Association moved from their address in Perth to the Wool Exchange building at 5 Norfolk Street.[7]

In 1997 steps were taken to heritage list the buildings at 26-27 Norfolk Street.[8]

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Notes

  1. [1]
    "Norfolk Street". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. [2]
    "FREMANTLE". The West Australian. Vol. XXXV, no. 5, 403. Western Australia. 1 August 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. [3]
    "FREMANTLE SLUMS". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1589. Western Australia. 8 July 1928. p. 9 (First Section). Retrieved 16 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "A FREMANTLE FRACAS". The West Australian. Vol. XXV, no. 7, 134. Western Australia. 4 February 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. [5]
    "NORFOLK STREET GANG". The Empire. Vol. I, no. 43. Western Australia. 7 March 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 16 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. [6]
    "JAMES GULLAN'S DEATH". The Mail. Vol. 1, no. 145. Western Australia. 17 June 1904. p. 1 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 25 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. [7]
    J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing J S Battye Library of West Australian History - MN 2129 Acc. 5883A summary of collection and history of the WM&EA
  8. [8]
    Heritage Minister statement February 1997


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