Fremantle Round House through time

Fremantle 1905–2023 8 photos of this spot

8 photographs taken at the same spot in Fremantle, spanning 1905–2023 — 2 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A photograph documenting the opening of the Fremantle Municipal Tramways in 1905, marking the introduction of tram service to the Western Australian port city.

Opening of the Fremantle Municipal Tramways, SLWA 1905 A photograph documenting the opening of the Fremantle Municipal Tramways in 1905, marking the introduction of tram service to the Western Australian port city.

Fremantle tram 04 1930 A tram in Fremantle, Western Australia, photographed around 1930, when electric trams were a principal means of transport in the port city before their later replacement by buses.

Fremantle Round House 2005 The Round House in Fremantle, Western Australia, photographed in 2005. Completed in 1831, it is the oldest surviving public building in Western Australia, originally built as a colonial prison.

Round House, Fremantle2 2006 Fremantle's Round House, completed in 1831, is Western Australia's oldest surviving public building and was originally used as a colonial gaol. This second 2006 photograph shows the building overlooking the port.

The Roundhouse and the whaler's tunnel 2010 The Roundhouse in Fremantle, Western Australia's oldest surviving public building, seen in 2010 alongside the whaler's tunnel that connects it to the harbour below.

Bank NSW gnangarra-20 2012 This 2012 photograph shows a former Bank of New South Wales building in Fremantle, Western Australia, a port city known for its well-preserved 19th-century architecture.

Union Bank building, Fremantle 2016 The Union Bank building in Fremantle, Western Australia, photographed in 2016. Fremantle's central streets preserve a notable concentration of late 19th-century commercial architecture from the port's colonial boom years.

AUS Perth, Fremantle, Cliff Street 013 2023 A building on Cliff Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, part of a row of 19th-century warehouses near the historic port that once handled much of the Swan River Colony's trade. Photographed in 2023.