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Fremantle Arts Centre
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Phone
(08) 9432 9555‎
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Fremantle Arts Centre’s history is as gothic as the magnificent building that houses it. Building the Foundations: 1864 Built by convicts on a grant of six acres, this splendid example of Australian Gothic architecture first opened its doors in 1864, as the Convict Establishment Fremantle Lunatic Asylum and Invalid Depot. All inmates were under the punitive control of prison rules and regulations and, over time, the asylum became the depository for any social problem, such as alcoholism, prostitution and the elderly.