Esplanade Reserve through time

Fremantle 1892–2023 17 photos of this spot

17 photographs taken at the same spot in Fremantle, spanning 1892–2023 — 10 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Fremantle Jetty is shown in this 1892 photograph, documenting the harbor facility that served as Western Australia's main port before major inner-harbour works reshaped Fremantle later in the decade.

EU: Fremantle jetty (1892) 1892 Fremantle Jetty is shown in this 1892 photograph, documenting the harbor facility that served as Western Australia's main port before major inner-harbour works reshaped Fremantle later in the decade.

EU: Wikipedia:en=Fremantle Harbour (1892) 1892 This 1892 photograph shows Fremantle Harbour in Western Australia, captured shortly before major harbor works reshaped the port through the 1890s as the colony's economy grew on the strength of the era's gold discoveries.

EU: Fremantle jetty from "Western Australia in By Francis Hart. [With maps and plates.]". (1892) 1892 The jetty at Fremantle, Western Australia, photographed in 1892 for Francis Hart's illustrated volume Western Australia in 1891.

EU: Fremantle Harbour from "Western Australia in By Francis Hart. [With maps and plates.]". (1892) 1892 Fremantle Harbour as it appeared in 1892, reproduced from Francis Hart's Western Australia in 1891.

EU: View of Fremantle Harbour from the town (1892) 1892 A view of Fremantle Harbour seen from the town in 1892, at a time when the Western Australian port was undergoing major expansion to serve the growing colony.

Explorers' Monument 1925 This 1925 photograph shows the Explorers' Monument in Fremantle, Australia.

EU: Wereldreis 1960 van Smaldeel 5. Een winkelstraat in Fremantle. (1960) 1960 A shopping street in Fremantle, Western Australia, captured in 1960 during the visit of the Dutch naval squadron Smaldeel 5 on its round-the-world voyage. The port city's streetscape still reflected its 19th-century gold-rush-era prosperity.

EU: Wereldreis 1960 van Smaldeel 5. Het vlaggeschip, Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman (1948-1968) in de havenmond van Fremantle. (1960) 1960 The Dutch aircraft carrier Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman entering the harbor mouth at Fremantle in 1960 during Smaldeel 5's round-the-world voyage. The carrier served the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1948 until 1968.

EU: Wereldreis 1960 van Smaldeel 5. Enkele binnenliggende koopvaardijschepen. (1960) 1960 Merchant vessels moored in Fremantle harbor, photographed in 1960 by crew of the visiting Dutch naval squadron Smaldeel 5. Fremantle has served as Perth's principal port since the harbor was engineered in the 1890s.

EU: Wereldreis 1960 van Smaldeel 5. Uitzicht over Fremantle. (1960) 1960 A view over Fremantle, Western Australia, photographed in 1960 during the Dutch naval squadron Smaldeel 5's world voyage, taking in the port city that has served as Perth's gateway to the sea since the 1890s.

Esplanade Reserve 2015 Esplanade Reserve, the park along Fremantle's waterfront in Western Australia, appears in this 2015 photograph.

Fremantle old courthouse 2017 The old courthouse in Fremantle, Western Australia, photographed in 2017. Fremantle's courthouse dates to the early colonial period and is among the port city's oldest surviving public buildings.

Cliff Street looking south 2017 A second 2017 view of Cliff Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, this time looking south along the row of heritage limestone facades.

AUS Perth, Fremantle, Cliff Street 017 2023 A row of heritage buildings along Cliff Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, an area near the harbor lined with 19th-century limestone warehouses from the port's early colonial trade. Photographed in 2023.

AUS Perth, Fremantle, Cliff Street 018 2023 Another building along Fremantle's Cliff Street, part of a streetscape of 19th-century limestone warehouses built near the historic port during Western Australia's early colonial trade. Photographed in 2023.

AUS Perth, Fremantle, Cliff Street 019 2023 A further view along Cliff Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, a heritage precinct of 19th-century warehouses near the mouth of the Swan River, once central to the colony's maritime trade. Photographed in 2023.

AUS Perth, Fremantle, Cliff Street 020 2023 Heritage architecture on Cliff Street in Fremantle, Western Australia, where 19th-century limestone warehouses reflect the port's role in the colony's early maritime trade before Fremantle's growth into a major harbor city. Photographed in 2023.