What is "fremantle"

Fremantle is a major Australian port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829. It was declared a city in 1929, and has a population of approximately 27,000.

The city is named after Captain Charles Fremantle, the English naval officer who established a camp at the site on 2 May 1829. The city contains well-preserved 19th century buildings and other heritage features. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for Fremantle is Freo. The Nyungar name for the area is Walyallup.

Fremantle is a city in Western Australia. Fremantle may also refer to:

Fremantle is a Western Australian port city located at the mouth of the Swan River, and is situated 14.41km from the capital Perth. Fremantle was one of the original townships of the Swan River Colony established in 1829.

Fremantle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Thomas Fremantle (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1819), Admiral of the Royal Navy
• William Fremantle (politician) (1766–1850), British politician
• Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778-1857), British diarist and wife of Admiral Thomas Fremantle
• Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe (1798–1890) British politician
• William Fremantle (uncle) (1807–1895), Dean of Ripon, brother of the 1st Lord Cottesloe
• Charles Fremantle (1800–1869), Captain of the first ship to arrive at the Swan River, Western Australia, in 1829 to establish a colony
• Thomas Fremantle, 2nd Baron Cottesloe (1830–1918), British businessman and Conservative politician
• William Fremantle (nephew) (1831–1916), Dean of Ripon, son of the 1st Lord Cottesloe
• Arthur Fremantle (1835–1901), British soldier and American Civil War diarist
• Edmund Fremantle (1836-1929), British Navy officer
• Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe (1862–1956), Australian army officer
• Sydney Fremantle (1867–1958), Admiral of the Royal Navy
• John Fremantle, 4th Baron Cottesloe (1900–1994), World War II soldier and businessman
• John Fremantle, 5th Baron Cottesloe (b. 1927), Commander of the Royal Navy
• Francesca Fremantle, scholar and translator of Sanskrit