Bathers Beach, also known as Whalers Beach, is a section of coastline that has a written history since the European settlement of what is now called Fremantle, Western Australia.
Tall ships off Fremantle Jetty with Bathers Beach in the foreground in 1870.
The jetties and baths prior to the first world war
Image: Bathers Beach, Fremantle 4
Fremantle is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for Fremantle is Freo.
Aerial view of Fremantle
Fremantle
Completed in 1831, the Round House is the oldest public building in Western Australia. It can be seen atop Arthur Head in the painting below.
Jane Eliza Currie (wife of explorer Mark John Currie), Panorama of the Swan River Settlement, c. 1831