6 JUNE JUNE 6 to 2016 27 MAY 27 MAY FESTIVAL HERITAGE

A CITY OF FREMANTLE FESTIVAL TO THE 2016 Fremantle

Heritage means different things to pianists, Simon Tedeschi, performing in the beautiful St different people… What does it mean to you? Johns Church in Kings Square, from , the Painkillers and Datura4 on stage at Mojo’s and Is it the story of your grandfather or grandmother’s much loved author Robert Drewe discussing historical arrival in Western ? Is it the memory of seeing story telling at The University of Notre Dame. It’s a tough a great rock band in one of Freo’s many live venues or choice so why not get along to all three events to really sitting on the beach with a bunch of old friends and expand your heritage horizons! dreaming of the future? Is it the love of an old motorcycle or a particularly beautiful Fremantle building? Maybe it’s There’s a range of new events like the Giant Paella Cook the idea you’re making your own history right now which Up and Songs from the Sea in the Whalers Tunnel to add will become a part of our heritage tomorrow. to the mix of seasoned favourites in this year’s line-up. One of these favourites is the ever popular Arthur Grady However you define heritage, the Fremantle Heritage Day which has become an iconic event on the Fremantle Festival has something for everyone. Now in its 24th calendar. Come along again this year to see Kings Square year, the festival continues to evolve to include an ever- filled with an amazing array of motorcycles, cars and widening collection of stories and events that talk of the other weird and wonderful machinery as well as some past and speak to the future. This year’s program is our unique and fun activities for the kids. biggest ever with more than 80 events to choose from. Freo has a rich and colourful history that’s worth Food, talks, tours, music, lectures, visual arts, displays celebrating so I invite you to revel in and explore your and a whole lot of surprises make up the bumper 11 day city’s unique past through the 2016 Fremantle Heritage program. Festival.

It all starts on opening night when you get to ‘choose Dr Brad Pettitt your heritage’ with one of Australia’s foremost classical Fremantle Mayor

2 2 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL Fremantle Heritage Festival 2016 is bought to you by the City of Fremantle with the assistance of: TO THE 2016 Fremantle Heritage FestivaL SPONSORS

CONTENTS Opening Night 04 Arthur Grady Day 06 Music 08 Food 13 Talks & lectures 16 Tours 22 Arts 29 Something different 36 CALENDAR 42

Alternative formats of this program availabel on request | Wheelchair accessability varies. Please check wheelchair accessability with the venues directly.

www.fremantlestory.com.au/heritagefestival /fremantleheritagefestival @freofestivals @freofestivals 3 FRIDAY 27MAY

What is heritage? This year we let you choose…

Robert Drewe was assigned to the Fremantle office of OPTION ONE The West Australian in 1961 when he began his career as a cadet reporter. There was rich fodder for an intrepid young journalist: unsolved murders, boating disasters, prison escapes, heaving brothels, hotel bloodhouses and wild Robert ambulance rides, all of which belied the town’s apparent mercantile respectability. Since then, Robert has become one of the nation’s most notable storytellers, famous for Drewe such works as The Bodysurfers and The Shark Net. In this special sunset launch of KEYNOTE ADDRESS the Fremantle Heritage Festival, Truth, Myth and Storytelling Robert will demonstrate how truth, myth and story can DOORS OPEN sometimes make for the best of AT 6PM histories.

This event also includes the 6.30 8.00PM launch of Fremantle: Empire, AT Tannock Hall, The University Faith and Conflict (the latest volume of Studies in of Notre Dame Australia: Western Australian History) (Corner of Croke St and Cliff St) FREE and showcases some of BOOKINGS RSVP via Fremantle’s best history- [email protected] or 9433 0575 makers in market stalls.

4 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL OPTION TWO DOORS OPEN AT 7.30PM SIMON 8.00PM $35.20 AT St Johns Church,8 William St BOOKINGS oztix.com.au TEDESCHI www fremantlestory.com.au/heritagefestival Kaleidoscope Following his widely acclaimed recording of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Simon Tedeschi is thrilled to return to Fremantle with ‘Kaleidoscope’.

While the repertoire for keyboard is endless, the piano is one of the only instruments to create a truly orchestral sound on its own; the colours and timbres of the instrument have mirrored not only changes in classical music over time, but also evolutions in engineering and architecture.

In this program, Simon Tedeschi presents the piano in all its majesty and dynamism - from the heartbreaking lyricism of Schubert, the romance of Chopin, to the visionary dissonance of Prokofiev, and the incandescent swing of Fats Waller.

OPTION THREE PATRON SAINTS OF POP Fremantle has produced world-beaters on the musical stage and those who tried it out at Mojo’s Bar are very much a part of PM the Fremantle legend. 8.00 MIDNIGHT Datura4 featuring Dom Mariani (The Stems), Greg Hitchcock AT Mojo's Bar: 237 Queen Victoria St, (You Am I) as well as Warren Hall and Stu Loasby of too many North Fremantle WA bands to mention, combine a perfect mix of pop sensibility and ballsy psych-rock, and with guys like this on the stage, one’s BOOKINGS via website $29.60 evening is in the hands of pros. Also appearing on this night is www mojosbar.com.au Donna Simpson from The Waifs – no less. Having co-founded W.A’s infamous label Jarrah Records, and achieved great successes in the U.K and the U.S.A, we’re as proud as punch to have such a songwriter on the stage. The Painkillers, with songs penned by Joe Bludge and James Baker (The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon), and with the band literally packed with legends, will round out a classic night of good music. 28

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MORESECODIAN Steam engines Follow the steam billowing down William street and Send a telegram to a loved one and see a live see an impressive demonstration of farming and demonstration of how morse code works! building machinery from the past. Find them in MANY 6160 Hand Tool VINTAGE PRAMS society Babies traveled in style in the victorian ages! See a collection of Buy, sell and see live demos of hand tools magnificently restored prams from 1845 – 1980 from the past in Many 6160 Bus SOCIETY WEDDING DRESSES Remember pulling a cord to ring the bell? Jump on Pop in to Many 6160 and view the display ( more page 24) for a ride down to the WA Maritime Museum or join retro and vintage shopping tour (more page 24).

6 6 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL FREE 11.00AM 3.00PM AT Kings Square, 8 William Street, Fremantle www fremantlestory.com.au/heritagefestival

In 1924 Fremantle bicycle maker Arthur Grady became the first person to ride a motorcycle around Australia. Arthur Grady Day celebrates his achievement with vintage enthusiasts gathering in Kings Square, Fremantle, to showcase their own veteran, vintage and classic motorcycles.

Come down to Fremantle and enjoy all things vintage and re-live, or learn about, the past.

Vintage TIME HONOURED COLLECTORS FAIR TALES Fremantle Town Hall 9am – 4pm ( more page 36) Heritage story time at 10.30am in the library WA MARITIME MUSEUM RESEARCH YOUR open day FAMILY HISTORY See hidden treasures and old boats (more page 32) Lessons in the library (more page 18) or explore historical panoramas through time at 11am (more page 19) Tinkerer's SHED GWENYTH EWENS

Surrounded by old machinery, children have the ART AWARDS opportunity to make their own tinkerer's delight, inspired Exhibition in library (more page 30) by what they've seen. 7 ARTHUR GRADY DAY 7 BIG FELLA BOX, HIM SING OUT PLENTY TO MUSIC SUNDAY 29 May 7.00PM DOORS OPEN: 6.30PM

AT St Johns Church, 8 William St $19.90 BOOKINGS oztix.com.au www BRIGHTWATER. fremantlestory.com.au/heritagefestival

Australia has not always looked after its composers – some who SUN'S GAZE might be considered giants in the field are known only to friends and specialists, and others who are worthy of performances, Saturday 28 May 8.00PM $19.90 goodwill and respect are neglected almost entirely. DOORS OPEN: 7.30PM But help is at hand – a new generation of gifted and inquisitive pianists at WAAPA are exploring Australian piano repertoire. AT St Johns Church, 8 William St Performer-composers such as Larry Sitsky, Roger Smalley and BOOKINGS oztix.com.au Raymond Hanson are world-class artists. Hooper Brewster-Jones www fremantlestory.com.au/heritagefestival was exploring the musical possibilities of Australian bird-song That light is instantly familiar to any resident, years before Messiaen embarked upon the same quest. Phyllis and this concert explores what that sounds like, among Batchelor and Geoffrey Allen write in a traditional many other things, through the prism of songs. WA has idiom, while WAAPA’s own composition students produced and hosted many significant composers over pursue contemporary visions of sound the years, including a former Governor, émigrés from through chance or electronics.

Nazi-dominated Europe and rising stars of today’s scene. The best and brightest of Presenting this ravishing and fascinating music, pianist today’s students present music David Wickham is joined by outstanding WAAPA from the last 100 years in a students and graduates in a garland of songs that grew fascinating program with heart in our native soil. and soul that will leave you wanting more.

8 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL The Justin Walshe FOLK MACHINE SUPPORT - RORY FAITHFIELD Mixing the best elements of folk, bluegrass, and Americana into a uniquely Folk Machine sound, filtered through the dead dry arid Western Australian sense of humour, which is at the absolute core of their work, the Folk Machine is a heaving acoustic storm of bluegrass instruments spun round impeccable storytelling.

Their third album, Small Tales Vol. 2 was released to a sold Boogaloo Bar out room in Fremantle in Feb 2016 and has already received KING FEZ'S rave reviews including 4/5 stars from Themusic.com: “each A celebration of 1940's & 50's style blues and jazz music song is a killer, packed with gorgeous, effortless melodies, and culture. This event will feature live music, dance & thoughtful lyrics and a mood that's seriously immersive.” fashion in a bar atmosphere. Food and drinks will be available, so come and try a classic cocktail while soaking They’ve played festivals all around the country, received up the atmosphere of the "Swing Era" with some of Perth's national airplay and critical acclaim for their last two albums, top retro Jump Blues and Swing performers. Located in been nominated for numerous WAMi awards and have one central Fremantle, the venue details and times will be of the best live shows around. released on the events page of "fremantlestory.com.au". when Saturday 28 May, 6pm King Fez hopes to see you there... AT Fly by Night, 179 High Street when Sunday 29 May, 6pm BOOKINGS on the door AT visit fremantlestory.com.au/ $15 heritagefestival for details. BOOKINGS on the door $5

BreakOUT: CRIMS & CONVICTS SOCIAL DANCE $20 This inclusive event hosted by OUTdance, WA's only same sex ballroom dancing group, will be an opportunity for all attendees to enjoy a night of old time and modern dance, including heritage Australian dances such as the Barn when Saturday 28 May, 7:30pm – Midnight dance and Evening Three step through to disco. During the evening several easy to learn sequence and line dances will AT The Italian Club Fremantle, be taught, encouraging everyone to participate. BreakOUT 65 Marine Terrace Crims; Convicts Social Dance will be friendly, fun filled BOOKINGS trybooking.com/188248 evening with a floorshow, raffles and door prizes. Get www dressed up! outdance.com.au

MUSIC 9 Songs of the Sea in the Whalers’ Tunnel! PRESENTED BY THE LOST QUAYS Rollick along as the ocean-steeped walls of Fremantle’s when Saturday 28 May, 6-7:45pm historic Whalers’ Tunnel resonate with Songs of the Sea! AT From barrel-thumping traditional sea shanties to quiet Whalers' Tunnel, contemplation of longing, prepare for the calm and for Below the Round House the storm. Rug up, and with a spiced rum take your seats BOOKINGS via Ticketbooth in the unique and intimate setting of the Whalers’ Tunnel, or Tickets on the door below the Round House. And through the harmonies of a www thelostquays.com crew of good men, let The Lost Quays steer you a course across the world’s oceans, painting a song-picture of lives includes shaped by toil and adventure on the sea, far from home. a tot of $20 spiceD rum!

Guildhall SEA SHANTIES & CONVICT TALES SUNDAY SESSION The Littlest Fox, renowned for their storytelling and enchanting vocal harmonies, are back! Tales of convicts, On the last weekend of every month, the doors to Guildhall daring rescues, shipwrecks and love will be brought to life Event Space open for the ultimate Sunday Session. Spend by the original music of this local duo. Hear the stories at your afternoon sipping cocktails at the heritage-chic bar, this free concert before the Littlest Fox head off on their get cosy in the hidden courtyard or relax in the lounge with first European Tour. Suitable for all ages. its old world charm. Featuring a guest DJ on the decks till late, cocktails by the boys from Mechanics' Institute, tasty when SunDAY 29 May, 6-8pm bites by the Propeller kitchen. AT Gypsy Tapas House, 3/124 High Street FREE when SunDAY 29 May, 3pm www thelittlestfox.com FREE AT Guildhall Event Space, 222 Queen Victoria Street www facebook.com/guildhalleventspace

10 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL Pipe Organ Plus NEMESIS Dominic Perissinotto, one of Australia’s finest and most experienced organists, returns to the historic St Patrick’s Basilica to continue the 2016 Pipe Organ Plus season. Nemesis sees saxophonist Dr Matthew Styles joining Dominic in a concert full of joy and excitement. Centering on Michael Torke’s Saxophone Concerto, Dr Styles will perform some wonderfully evocative works by Barbara Thompson and Andy Scott. The concert will also include two Australian organ works by Sydney- based composer Moya Henderson and local musician David Pye.

when SunDAY 29 May, 2:30 – 4.30pm AT St Patrick's Basilica: 47 Street BOOKINGS events.ticketbooth.com.au/ event/POP16-concert-2 www pipeorganplus.com $20-$40 BEFORE PITCH PERFECT ...an a cappella story

"A cappella" means without instruments, and people have been singing a cappella since the dawn of time. Come with us on a journey through early tribal song, the music of the middle ages, early pop and rock and all the way up to the present day as A Cappella West chorus explores the sounds of a cappella singing - before Pitch Perfect!

when Saturday 4 June, 7–9.30pm AT Fremantle Town Hall, 8 William Street BOOKINGS trybooking.com/KMDT www acappellawest.info

ADULTS $15 Concession $20 $15 Children under 12

MUSIC 11 Back to the Rum Punch 70s PARTY If you can’t get enough of the sounds of the 70s – think PIRATE PARTY This recipe we give to thee… Dear brothers and sisters to come Stevie Wright, Johnny O’Keefe, Daddy Cool, Bob Marley, and see. Take two bands of sea shanties and folk let it be, and The Rolling Stones, The Beatles or Joe Cocker – then this two of acoustic and song so sweet. Of rum punch cocktails pour retro party, a potpourri of songs brought back to life by thee strong, and add these five parts you have there with glee. I local Tom Fisher, is not to be missed. Snacks and drinks do no wrong — We know whereof we speak: With an “Ar, Ar, Ar”!, provided; cake cutting (The Meeting Place turns 40) during and an “Ay Matey me hearty”! We bring to you the Monday Rum interval; prizes for best dressed. Punch Pirate Party, Monday WA Day Public Holiday as part of the when Sunday 5 June, Noon–2pm Fremantle Heritage Festival. Featuring Ben Cattle Solo, South West AT The Meeting Place, FREE State, Sea Sultans, Numskull, Steve Hensby Band, The Rogues, 245 South Terrace Funkadelic, Neetar Down Solo and Steve Parkin! Set sail merrily merrily merrily down at our ole fave Mojo’s for this spectacle. www fremantle.wa.gov.au/tmp when Monday 6 June, 2pm–1am AT Mojos Bar, Queen Victoria Street BOOKINGS Tickets on the door $15

12 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL Pioneers Luncheon The 87th annual Pioneers Luncheon is an annual celebration Esplanade of the pioneers of Fremantle. Residents that have lived or worked in Fremantle and surrounding suburbs for the past 50 years are invited to enjoy a three course meal. MURDER MYSTERY To apply to attend the luncheon please see booking details below. Dinner

when Friday 27 May, 11am–2pm The setting couldn’t be more historic, more Fremantle…. Or more deadly! Join us for the first Esplanade Hotel AT FREE Fremantle Town Hall, Fremantle murder mystery dinner in the heritage listed 8 William Street Island suite with a history dating back to the mid-1800s. BOOKINGS [email protected] Book you and your friends in now for a delicious three or 9432 9728 course dinner including beverages and a thrilling murder mystery to solve… will you be the killer, the victim or a not www Fremantle.wa.gov.au so innocent bystander? Find out on the night! Conditions apply. Teams of eight preferred; individuals will be allocated a team on the night.

when Saturday 28 May, 7-11pm $95 AT Esplanade Hotel Fremantle - by Rydges, cnr Marine Terrace and Essex Street BOOKINGS functions_esplanadefremantle@ rydges.com www rydges.com/fremantle

FOOD 13 The Ultimate HIGH TEA Fremantle's Fightin' Forties A delightfully decadent experience, where you and your friends will enjoy a delicious, traditional English afternoon LONG TABLE DINNER tea served on Antiquitea’s beautiful vintage china and Swing dancing and stories of dastardly deeds, murderous silverware. A unique event filled with tea party fun and mayhem and audacious antics in 1940s Fremantle will prizes, surprises, including champagne on arrival; fashion flavour this three-course, heritage inspired dinner. Last parade, mini market and a gift bag for every guest. year’s festival dinner at the National was so popular that in 2016 Karl Bullers and his team will bring this one-of-a- when Sunday 29 May, 2–5pm $99 kind, 1940s gala event to Fremantle's magnificent Town AT Fremantle Town Hall, Hall. Diners will be joined by Notre Dame University's most 8 William Street entertaining storytellers and dancers from SwingZing Dance School. We encourage you to dress in 1940s fashion. BOOKINGS antiquitea.com.au Tickets include a delicious three-course Long Table Dinner, www antiquitea.com.au wine on the tables, prizes for the best dressed. A fun night celebrating the best and worst of Fremantle in the 1940s.

when Friday 3 June, 7pm–midnight AT Fremantle Town Hall, $85 8 William Street BOOKINGS 9335 6688 or ticketbooth.com.au www nationalhotelfremantle.com.au

14 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL A NIGHT WITH CELEBRITY CHEF Mark Olive headspace FREMANTLE’S OUTBACK FUSION FUNDRAISING GALA

Experience fusion foods like never before! Enjoy a five star dining experience personally prepared by internationally renowned chef, Mark Olive. Known for infusing native ingredients into contemporary dishes, Mark’s impressive culinary reputation saw him selected to cook for Oprah on her recent Ultimate Australian Adventure and hosting his own SBS TV series, The Outback Café. The evening will be accompanied by live entertainment and a charity auction. All proceeds go towards headspace Fremantle’s wellness programs that support Aboriginal youth.

when Saturday 4 June, 7-11pm AT Raw Kitchen, 181a High Street The Giant Cook-up: BOOKINGS Eventbrite www fremantleheadspacegala.com.au THE FLAVOUR OF PAELLA For 40 years The Meeting Place has been a point of call for $150- the newly arrived – from any place around the country, or $300 the world – who found a place of learning and friendship at our community centre. What better way to celebrate and reminisce about The Meeting Place’s roots than a giant paella cook-up? Join the cooking demonstration to learn all about this traditional Spanish chicken and chorizo dish, meet your neighbours old and new and have a literal taste of history and culture.

when Sunday 5 June, 10.30am–Noon AT The Meeting Place: 245 South Terrace BOOKINGS paellacookingdemo.eventbrite.com.au www fremantle.wa.gov.au/tmp FREE

FOOD 15 STORIES FROM OUR VERY BEING, DAILY TALKS Presented by the University of Notre Dame Australia ‘People are hungry for stories,’ declared Studs Terkel. ‘It’s part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. This year The University of Notre Dame Australia will celebrate the power of storytelling as we reveal the vibrant, human histories of our town. Join us for a series of thought-provoking lectures as we entice you with some of the best storytelling of the Festival.

The Magnificent Life of Stories from the Swan Miss May Holman River: Mary Ann Friend and PRESENTED BY: DR LEKKIE HOPKINS, EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY Fremantle's first five years Throughout the 1930s May Holman was a household PRESENTED BY: PROF DEBORAH GARE name and an inspiration to the women of her Mary Ann Friend was not the only early colonist generation. She made history in 1925 when, at the at Swan River to leave behind her stories of the age of 31, she followed her father into the seat of journey here and the life that was experienced. Forrest, becoming Australia’s first female Labor Join Notre Dame’s leading historian, Deborah parliamentarian. She held the seat until, as the Gare, in an entertaining event that will reveal the votes were being counted on the night of the 1939 runaway weddings, gruesome murders, lost cows, elections, she lost her life in a horrendous motor stolen children and frontier conflict that defined vehicle accident. Thousands lined the streets life at Fremantle in its first five years. Deborah will of Perth to mourn her passing in the days that weave the tales of Friend, Jane Roberts, Ralph followed. Lekkie Hopkins is joining the Fremantle Entwistle and Dr Tully Daly into an epic story of Heritage Festival for the first time, ready to share the catastrophe, hope and—often—good humour. extraordinary story of the magnificent May Holman. when Monday 30 May, 10.30am–11.30am when Sunday 29 May, 10.30am–11.30am AT Fremantle Hotel, AT Fremantle Hotel, Corner of High & Cliff Streets Corner of High & Cliff Streets BOOKINGS [email protected] BOOKINGS [email protected] or 9433 0575 or 9433 0575 www nd.edu.au/events/heritage2016 www nd.edu.au/events/heritage2016 FREE FREE Imagining Terra Australis Dens of Dirt and Debauchery: PRESENTED BY: PROF CHRIS WORTHAM Fremantle’s Underbelly, 1900-1950 When European peoples first imagined a landmass beyond PRESENTED BY: DR LEIGH STRAW the reach of Europe, Asia and Africa, theories about its Lonely Planet recently named Fremantle as one of the world’s existence abounded. Some feared that beasts roamed the best tourism cities. It’s quite an achievement for a place once Great Southland and that monsters patrolled its seas. Others described as the ‘dirtiest town in the State’ and home to social dreamed of a mythical land of exotic women and precious outcasts, ‘rat-infested rookeries’, drunks and ‘roughs’. A hundred jewels. Chris Wortham is no stranger to the geographical, years ago, police raids were a regular event on Pakenham, literary and mythological conversations of Renaissance Leake, Bannister and Market Streets where the brothels, pubs Europeans, being a Shakespearean expert of international and opium dens were clustered. Criminal men and women were renown. Join us as Chris considers how early European serially targeted by law enforcement officers and their stories perceptions of the southern hemisphere evolved, when now fill the records of the papers, courts and the prison. Join imagination turned into reality, how the term ‘Terra Australis’ popular crime historian and writer, Leigh Straw, as she considers arose, and even whether Australia was ever part of the dream. Fremantle’s underside and the infamous crime stories of the early when Tuesday 31 May, 10.30am–11.30am twentieth century that gave the port city its notorious reputation. AT Fremantle Hotel, Corner of High & Cliff Streets when Friday 3 June, 10.30am–11.30am BOOKINGS [email protected] or 9433 0575 AT Fremantle Hotel, Corner of High & Cliff Streets www nd.edu.au/events/heritage2016 BOOKINGS [email protected] or 9433 0575 www nd.edu.au/events/heritage2016 FREE FREE John Boyle O’Reilly and the Unearthing Fremantle’s Great Fenian Escape archaeological treasures PRESENTED BY: DR ANGELINE O’NEILL PRESENTED BY: DR SHANE BURKE Everyone loves a good story and John Boyle O’Reilly’s is An unprecedented number of archaeological excavations one of the best! Born in Ireland in 1844, he joined the Irish have been undertaken in Fremantle in the past decade. Republican Brotherhood—the Fenians—was arrested and Notre Dame’s resident archaeologist, Shane Burke, and his transported to . After escaping to America team have been hard at work sifting through the treasures he later orchestrated the daring getaway of other Fenian they have unearthed in the town’s west end. This is your convicts from Fremantle on the Catalpa. Yet he remained opportunity to hear, first hand, about the extraordinary powerfully shaped by his story of imprisonment, as his poetry, stories they have pieced together in a decade of discovery. novel and journalism reveal. Angeline O’Neill is a popular, Join Shane as he guides you through the results and patterns senior lecturer at Notre Dame. Join her to hear the dramatic gleaned from research in Cliff, Market, Henry and High story of O’Reilly—Fremantle’s most famous convict—as she Streets. You’ll never see your town in the same way again! weaves a tale of conviction, vision, power and politics. when Sunday 5 June, 10.30am–11.30am when Wednesday 1 June, 10.30am–11.30am AT Fremantle Hotel, Corner of High & Cliff Streets AT Fremantle Hotel, Corner of High & Cliff Streets BOOKINGS [email protected] or 9433 0575 BOOKINGS [email protected] or 9433 0575 www nd.edu.au/events/heritage2016 www nd.edu.au/events/heritage2016 FREE FREE

TALKS & LECTURES 17 A LOOK AT THE STORIES OF THE EARLY PUBS OF FREMANTLE EARLYBIRD EVENT: Join pub researcher Allen Graham and when Tuesday 24 May, 6-8pm members of the Fremantle History Society for a talk about AT the early pubs of Fremantle. Find out where they were, Bar Orient, 39 High Street who owned them and some of the stories behind these BOOKINGS [email protected] important places for early settlers and visitors from 1829 to or 0408 092 100 1856 in Fremantle. www fhs.org.au FREE

How to Restore a RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY using Ancestry.com LUNATIC ASYLUM Learn to use popular genealogy website Ancestry.com. See how to carry out effective searches through Ancestry.com’s broad Rob Campbell (architect responsible for FAC renovation range of records and how to use your discoveries to build your in the early 70s) and John Dowson (Fremantle Society own family tree. Appointments of 30 minutes will be provided President) get together to show the story of the restoration to provide an overview of the information available through this of the former lunatic asylum, now the Fremantle Arts Centre, well known online database. Book early to ensure a place. and its change of use from an asylum to a well loved arts destination. Besides learning about restoration techniques when Saturday 28 May, 9am–Noon for stonework, timber and roofing, the dark and fascinating AT Fremantle City Library History Centre, history of this majestic place will be revealed. Included is a 8 William Street walk through the buildings. BOOKINGS see website or 9432 9739 when Saturday 28 May, 11am – Noon FREE FREE www fremantle.wa.gov.au/community/ AT Fremantle Arts Centre, fremantle-city-library/fremantle-history-centre 1 Finnerty Street when Saturday 28 May, 11am–12.30pm AT NWS Shipping Theatre, WA Maritime HISTORICAL PANORAMAS Museum, Victoria Quay BOOKINGS 1300 134 081 Curtin University HIVE (Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch) in partnership with the State Library of WA have created interactive software that enables you to view breathtaking FREE panoramas through time. You will be navigated through a visual history that documents the change to the Perth and Fremantle landscape from 1870 – 2016

Vintage and Antique TALKS THROUGH Discovery Day with History Laurie Forsyth and Talks Through History will feature special guest speakers in a relaxed atmosphere, discussing the past, present and Lorraine Coates future of Fremantle music. This afternoon will pay tribute Bring in your household treasures and find out how much to those who have cultivated our musical landscape over they may be worth. Laurie and Lorraine have worked with past eras, hold up a mirror to today’s trends, and allow collectibles and antiques for some time and can help by us to reflect on the future of music in this city. Speakers evaluating your treasures as well as suggesting ways to include Pete Barr, Jim Fisher, Bob Gordon, Harris Waters preserve them for the future. and special guests. when Wednesday 1 June, 10.30am–12.30pm when Saturday 28 May, Noon–3.30pm AT Fremantle City Library History AT Mojo's Bar, 237 Queen Victoria Street Centre, 8 William Street BOOKINGS AT THE DOOR www fremantle.wa.gov.au/ www mojosbar.com.au community/fremantle-city-library/ fremantle-history-centre $5 FREE

TALKS & LECTURES 19 Manufacturing SETTLEMENT FACTORIES BUT NOT BY CHOICE On the Gun Deck to the west of the Fremantle Round A TALK BY LORAINE COATES House hear tall tales and true of the arrival of the transported convicts and pensioner guards to the Swan Loraine has written a history of factories in the River Colony. Volunteer Guides will explain the history metropolitan area, and many of the factories and industries of the time ball and the cannon which will be fired by a which were located in Fremantle are highlighted. Industries descendant of one of the first transported convicts or include flour milling, furniture making, engineers and an pensioner guards ironmonger to name just a few. Come along to explore this facet of Fremantle’s history. when Wednesday 1 June, 1pm when Wednesday 1 June, 2-3.30pm AT Fremantle Round House Gun Deck, Captains Lane AT Fremantle City Library History Centre, 8 William Street www fremantle.wa.gov.au/community/ FREE fremantle-city-library/fremantle-history- centre FREE LOCAL HISTORY AWARDS Celebrating local history. Nominations for the local history awards are open biennially to recognise historiographical contributions in the form of published and unpublished works including photographs, pictorial works, drawings, maps, audio or audio visual material, that focus on the diverse social and cultural heritage of Fremantle and the Town of East Fremantle.

This event celebrates the valuable contributions made to Fremantle’s story and those individuals working hard to present and preserve them. Each submission is viewed by three independent judges with a first place prize of $500 available to the winner in each of the three categories.

when Thursday 2 June, 7–8.30pm AT Tradewinds Hotel, FREE 59 Canning Highway BOOKINGS numbers limited, register your interest to [email protected] www fremantle.wa.gov.au/community/ fremantle-city-library/fremantle-history- centre 20 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL SOUTH FREMANTLE on the Wireless Who created The Meeting Place? What was South Fremantle like in the olden days? Listen to the voices and stories of locals who tell their tales of our town on the wireless. This is a one-day display as part of The Meeting Place 40th birthday celebrations sending you back in time when life revolved around the radio and brought people’s imagination to life.

when Sunday 5 June, Noon–4pm, AT The Meeting Place, 245 South Terrace www fremantle.wa.gov.au/tmp FREE

BECOMING GEO-LITERATE in Fremantle Fremantle has its own genius loci. It’s what makes Fremantle into Fremantle. Can we work with this spirit of place to read what Fremantle wants to become now and in the future? Join creative thinker Horst Kornberger in his exploration of geo-literacy.

when Friday 3 June, 7-9pm AT PS Art Space, 22 Pakenham Street BOOKINGS psas.com.au www psas.com.au FREE

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SORRY& Reconciliation DAY week EARLYBIRD EVENT: Visit the Walyalup Aboriginal Cultural centre. View the Walyalup Reconciliation Group display from Monday 2 May to Wednesday 1 June. Watch a movie on Sorry Day 10.30am Thursday 26 May. Take a cultural tour 11am, Noon and 1pm on Saturday 28th May. Bookings essential.

when Monday–Saturday, 10am–2pm AT Walyalup Aboriginal Cultural Centre, FREE 112 Captains lane BOOKINGS 9432 9680 OR [email protected] www fremantle.wa.gov.au/wacc Open Day FANNY SAMSON COTTAGE MUSEUM The Samson Family is again opening the door to our museum, in one of Fremantle's oldest buildings, down in Cliff Street. Following a short presentation at 10:30am, we will show you our exhibition upstairs, then welcome you to morning tea in the Lionel Samson Cellar next door, beneath the building of the oldest Australian mainland family owned business still operating today.

when Sunday 27 May, 10.30am–Noon AT Fanny Samson Cottage Museum, 31 Cliff Street BOOKINGS [email protected] $5

22 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL WWII TIME WINDOW TOURS Visitors are invited to borrow iPads from Fremantle Art Centre’s reception and take a free augmented reality tour that shows them how the FAC site would have looked when the American Navy Submarine Fleet used the Lunatic Asylum as a depot during WWII. The tour creates a window back in time where American sailors, colourful locals and the building itself literally come to life before your eyes. At specific nodes around the building, the Time Window app (which visitors can download onto their own iPads for free at home or borrow one of FAC’s), will bring these scenes to life. Prepare to be amazed and inspired!

when Sunday 27 May - Monday 6 June, 10am-5pm AT Fremantle Arts Centre: 1 Finnerty Street www www.fac.org.au/timewindow FREE Skybar SUNSET TOURS Fremantle's High Street is home to some of the State's most well-presented Federation architecture. See what it looks like from a totally different angle and watch the ever changing colours of these amazing buildings, as the sun sets over the harbour. Viewed from the Navy Club's rooftop SKYBAR on the Observation Deck, the unique character of the streetscape takes on a totally different appearance. We are open every day of the Festival.

when Fri 27 May until Monday 6 June. 2–7pm Monday–Wednesday FREE 1–7pm Thursday–Sunday AT Navy Club: L3 / 64 High Street www www.navyclub.com.au

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RETRO & VINTAGE SHOPPING TOUR Put on your best vintage outfit and jump on a refurbished 1960’s bus in Kings Square and Guerrilla Granny will take you to her favourite retro and vintage shops. Have your wallet ready and pre order your afternoon tea because it’s going to be fast paced and hilarious. Bring your friends but be prepared to elbow them out of the way to grab a bargain.

Hardcore shoppers should come down early for the vintage and collectables market in the Town Hall and to explore nearby op shops on High Street . There is an option for people to finish their tour in North Fremantle to explore the selection of antiques shops there. when Saturday 28 May, 11am–3pm HISTORY WITH BEERS AT Departs and returns to Kings Square: 8 - A Sailor’s Guide to Fremantle William street As a sailor arriving in Fremantle through the years, what BOOKINGS oztix.com.au was life like? Pioneering settlers, Dutch explorers, whalers, www Fremantlestpory.com.au/heritagefestival migrants, convicts, naval seamen, gold seekers and many other groups of people have arrived via Fremantle over + option the centuries. This new tour captures their stories and to add $10 lunch $20 perspectives on the land and the challenges they faced. This tour explores the wonderful "West End" of Fremantle that was where countless people have jumped off ships through the years. En route, enjoy a couple of quiet beers or wines (included) while visiting some of Fremantle’s working mans clubs including the Buffalo Club and the Navy Club. The tour begins at the Roundhouse, WA’s oldest building, concluding at the Ball & Chain Bar.

when 12.30–3pm Saturday 28 May, Sunday 29 May, Saturday 4 June, Sunday 4 June AT Meet at the Roundhouse, Captains LanE $50 BOOKINGS twofeet.com.au/fremantle www twofeet.com.au/fremantle

24 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL WALK IN THE SHOES OF CONVICTS Enjoy the rich folklore and stories of our port city's convict history as one of Fremantle Prison's experienced Tour Guides takes you for a walk in the shoes of the convicts. Envisage the experience of embarking at South Jetty, Bathers Bay in 1850, to arriving at the Convict Establishment to serve your time. This special walking tour of Fremantle takes you from the Roundhouse to Fremantle Prison. Registration is essential. Meet our Tour Guide on the grassed area in front of the Roundhouse.

when Saturday 28 May, 10–11am AT Roundhouse to Fremantle Prison: Arthur Head to the Terrace BOOKINGS [email protected] or 9336 9205 www fremantleprison.com.au/whatson FREE CEMETERIES IN THE PORT CITY and the Rottnest Connection

Rottnest is a special place for many Western Australians. A when pristine island getaway destination emerging from a chequered Saturday 28 May, 2–3pm and, at times, gruesome past. Whilst now a leisure destination, AT Fremantle Cemetery, corner Leach Rottnest was a gaol for Aboriginal prisoners for more than 60 Highway & Carrington Street years. Many of the characters that shaped the island during these years are now buried in one of the Fremantle Cemeteries. Join BOOKINGS Bookings essential. Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Member, Fremantle identity and To reserve your place call 9383 5254 or email Rottnest Volunteer Guide, Don Whittington, for a roam through [email protected] Fremantle Cemetery. Some of these characters will be brought to life before your very eyes. Be prepared for some interesting tales, local insights and ghostly encounters along the way. FREE

TOURS 25 THE NATIONAL HOTEL History Tour Join us for a tour of this magnificent hotel dating back to the gold rush era. Recently restored after a devastating fire almost completely destoyed the building. The hotel has a chequered history of murder, violence and fires. The tour culminates with a visit to the stunning rooftop displaying views across Fremantle and the port. Be sure to bring your camera! Numbers are limited, registrations essential.

when Monday 30 May–Wednesday 1 June FREE 11am–Noon AT The National Hotel, 98 High street BOOKINGS Tel 9335 6688 OR [email protected] www nationalhotelfremantle.com.au VICTORIA HALL open day THE WAYWARD WOMEN OF Victoria Hall located at 179 High Street, was designed by Talbot Hobbs and built between 1896 and 1897 as St John's Parish Hall then renamed for the diamond jubilee of Queen THE FREMANTLE PRISON Victoria in 1897 and officially opened by Governor Smith PRESENTED BY THE FREMANTLE PRISON YHA and his wife, 28 September 1897. Fremantle Prison YHA opened in 2015 as a unique After WW2 Bob Wrightson leased the hall for use as a accommodation experience giving everyone an dance studio; years later he bought it. opportunity to spend a night in the cells. We invite you to Victoria Hall, one of few goldrush buildings remaining in into the old Fremantle Women’s Prison for morning tea the east end of High Street, sitting in a predominantly and a salacious history of its past inmates. 1960s streetscape. In 1974 a plan to widen High Street Interested in the scandalous bits of Fremantle history and meant that Victoria Hall would be demolished, but a green the women that made it so? Ever wanted to know what ban put in place by the Builders Labourers Federation really went on in our port city when the sun set? Come and prevented this from happening. It’s now home to Fremantle join us on a tour and learn about its history and the impact Fly by Night club. During the Heritage Festival we would it had on the port city. like to invite you to come look round this classic lady and will be offering free guided tours. when Thursday 2 June, 11am–Noon when Monday 30 May–Saturday 5 June, 10am–5pm AT Fremantle Prison YHA: 6a The Terrace AT Victoria Hall: 179 High Street, Fremantle BOOKINGS [email protected] www yha.com.auhostels/wa/perth- FREE surrounds/fremantle-prison-yha/ FREE

26 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL FREMANTLE PRISON Fremantle Prison Art Tour CONSERVATION WALK How do you make a heritage building last forever? Join one of Fremantle Prison's experienced guides for Historically significant buildings like Fremantle Prison need this exclusive art tour showcasing a variety of convict constant protection to ensure their heritage values survive and prisoner artwork, including Aboriginal and European for future generations. Conservation activity includes Landscapes, Dot Paintings, Graffiti and Tattoo Art, as well maintenance, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, as ‘hidden’ art from the convict era. adaptation and interpretation. But how are decisions made about which practice is the most appropriate? Join Participants aged 18+ will receive a complimentary copy of Fremantle Prison's Heritage Conservation Manager Luke 'Art Behind Bars: Murals and Graffiti of Fremantle Prison' Donegan on a walk through the Prison as he discusses inclusive of ticket price. the varying conservation practices used by the Prison.

*Due to the majority of the artwork being located upstairs Registration for this event is essential as numbers are access is limited. Contact the venue for accessibility limited. information. when Thursday 2 June, 3–4.30pm when SatURDAY 4 June, 2-3.30pM AT Fremantle Prison: The Terrace, AT Fremantle Prison: 1 The Terrace Fremantle BOOKINGS 9336 9200 BOOKINGS [email protected] or 9336 9205 www fremantleprison.com.au/whatson www fremantleprison.com.au/whatson $26 $22 concession FREE

TOURS 27 CAMPUS TOURS: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME AUSTRALIA They’re back! Notre Dame’s famous tours of our historic, west end campus are available again to all festival goers in 2016. We’ll take you on a unique, backstage walk through some of the finest historic buildings in Fremantle. Bring your walking shoes to join Leigh Dawson and his colleagues for an hour on campus. You’ll share in the stories of those who have lived in and loved our town over the past century, and will be given special admission to some of Fremantle’s best-kept secret locations. when Saturday 29 May–Sunday 5 June DON'S TRAM TOUR (except Sat 4 Jun), Noon–1pm, Get on board for a tram tour with a difference. Don Whittington AT will show you what might have been lost forever had the Fremantle Hotel, corner High & Fremantle Society not succeeded in saving so much of Cliff streets Fremantle's built heritage. Don was a Councillor, Chair of BOOKINGS [email protected] Planning and Deputy Mayor during the time many heritage or 9433 0575 battles were won. www nd.edu.au/events/heritage2016 FREE when SatURDAY 4 June, 2pm AT Fremantle Arts Centre: $10 1 Finnerty Street Fremantle Fremantle & War BOOKINGS [email protected] or 9335 6091 WALKING TOUR PRESENTED BY: DR LEIGH STRAW, PROF DEBORAH GARE THE CHANGING FACES OF THE AND NOTRE DAME STUDENTS As a major port on the edge of Australia, Fremantle has Arthur Head always played a unique role in the nation’s experiences of war. This was as evident in the frontier conflict from heritage precinct 1829 as much as it was during subsequent international wars. The University of Notre Dame and the City of A walk through time around the Arthur Head Heritage Precinct Fremantle have collaborated to produce a podcasted – from pre-colonisation onwards - including the Whalers’ Tunnel, tour of ‘Fremantle and War’. It shares stories of the home Laboratory, Gunners’ Cottage, the changing cliff face and gun front during the Boer War, World War I, World War II, and more. Join us for the launch of this special project emplacements, the Round House, Curfew Bell and the firing of the and bring your walking shoes. The project’s creators will cannon on the Gun Deck by a descendant of one of the original lead you through the west end in this engaging tour. settlers. Greg Nannup, Les Green, Steve Errington, Ann Land and other Heritage Guides will be delighted to share their extensive when 10.30 – 11.30am, Thu 2 Jun. knowledge of this historic precinct and it’s changing faces. AT Fremantle Hotel, The University of Notre Dame Australia: Corner of High when MonDAY 6 June, 11am–1pm & Cliff Streets AT West End of the Whaler's FREE BOOKINGS [email protected] Tunnel - below the Roundhouse or 9433 0575 www nd.edu.au/events/heritage2016 FREE 28 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL A QUIET CONVICTION: PHOTOGRAPHS OF DECOMMISSIONED PRISONS BY BRETT LEIGH DICKS ‘A quiet conviction’ showcases a selection of photographs by photographer Brett Leigh Dicks taken at Fremantle Prison in 2014. The Fremantle Prison photographs are exhibited alongside a selection of Brett’s photographs of American MONK MEETS gaols, prisons and penitentiaries. Now open to tourists, these sites are a reminder of past penal philosophies and testify to a rich social history. Brett Leigh Dicks is an American photographer who shares his time between the United States NOTRE DAME and Australia. Employing the tradition of fine black and white photography, Brett investigates the landscape and the fragile A Blast from the Past ties that landscape shares with human history. The photography students of Notre Dame are coming to the Monk Brewery to bring a fantastic back-catalogue of when Saturday 14 May – Sunday 6 November, images, old and new, of Fremantle at its best. Climb up 9am – 5pm the old Miss Maud's Monk staircase into the new huge AT Fremantle Prison Gallery: exhibition space for a 'Blast from the Past'! Entry: Free, The Terrace Fremantle Beer: Optional, Memories: Priceless www fremantleprison.com.au/whatson when Friday 27 May – Mon 6 June, 11.30am–8pm FREE AT The Monk Craft Brewery & Kitchen: 33 South Terrace, Fremantle www themonk.com.au FREE

ARTS 29 THE FREMANTLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF FRED MEHTA & Stephen Stout, 1862 ARTHUR KALAMARS Stephen Stout arrived in Western Australia in 1858 as a convict at the age of 27. During almost thirty years in the Exhibition colony, he worked as a school-teacher, photographer and then as a journalist. He was not one of those who stole the View Arthur Kalamar’s full scale sculptures of Britannia and ubiquitous loaf of bread to feed his family. He simply aspired the Waugall Egg Stone statues on Bathers beach. These to a high-living lifestyle which he could not afford. His errant commemorate the founding of the western colony and meeting of the indigenous people. Visit Worlds end studios ways earned him a term of 14 years' transportation. Come to see the art in process translating these works into along and see the photographs of Fremantle taken in 1862 commemorative souvenirs. www.arthurheadstudio.com when Friday 27 May – Friday 10 June, Fred Mehta’s exhibition of oil paintings from the E-zine 9am – 5pm, True Blue Quarterly Journal, issue 4, Spring 2003: AT Fremantle History Centre, FREE ‘Paintings in exile: the Iraq invasion began and i switched 8 William Street off the t.v., radio and stopped reading the newspapers.’ These works have been catalogued in the Pandora www fhs.org.au national archives.

when Friday 27 May – Sunday 5 June, 10.30am – 3.30pm AT World's End Studio, 15 Miss Trivett Place FREE

WEDDING DRESS Display A number of Fremantle families have generously loaned wedding dresses for this display. Along with the dresses are photographs and stories of the weddings and the lives beyond the wedding day. A fascinating and thought provoking display that takes you on a journey through fashion, politics and the forever changing face of life in Fremantle.

when Friday 27 May – Monday 6 June (Closed 30, 31 and 1 June) AT Many 6160, Kings square FREE www fremantlestory.com.au/ heritagefestival

30 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL FATA MORGANA FATA MORGANA ZORA AVILA, GERT HANDSCHIN, MATTHEW THORLEY and YARRA VEGA. Curated by Tom Mùller. A group exhibition exploring the spatial illusion of geometry through the use of site specific light installation, trompe l’oeil interventions, and two dimensional surface treatments. By defying gravity, subverting representation and by immersing the viewer in a world of mirages and illusions Fata Morgana pays homage to the natural phenomenon of the same name. Presented in PSAS, a reimagined 1907 storage warehouse.

when Friday 27 May 6.30-8.30pm, Saturday 28 May–Saturday 11 June (Tuesday – Friday 10am -4pm, Saturday 10am -2pm) AT PS Art Space, 22 Pakenham street www psas.com.au FREE Gwenyth Ewens ANNUAL ART AWARD Gwenyth Ewens made a bequest to the City of Fremantle in order to promote art and architecture to children of Fremantle.

This resulted in an annual exhibition of artwork from year PSAS OPEN STUDIOS PSAS is home to over 40 artists, thinkers and innovative five and six students. Artworks are paintings and pencil creative forces working across a broad spectrum of disciplines sketches, depicting part or whole of an historic building in the Fremantle area. including visual arts, design, social innovation, performance and architecture. Come and explore their labs, meet the Join us at 2.30pm on Saturday 28 May for the awards authors, chat to the artists. See how it is made. Studios are all presentation or visit the display in the library over the duration about works in progress, life in process and the evolution of of the festival. Fremantle as an iconic cultural and creative hub. when Saturday 28 May–Monday 13 June, 10am – 5pm when Saturday 28 May, 11am–6pm AT Fremantle City Library, 8 William street AT PS Art Space, 22 Pakenham street www fremantle.wa.gov.au/library www psas.com.au FREE FREE

ARTS 31 WA MARITIME MUSEUM Open Day Take an exclusive behind the scenes look at the WA Museum's fascinating collection of old boats and other hidden treasures in storage in the A Shed. Check out some classic cars and hot rods thanks to Classic Customs and Hot Rods of Perth. View the amazing car show in front of the Museum from 10.00am - 3.00pm. For those who would like to explore the WA Maritime Museum as well, enjoy entry by gold coin donation!

A free vintage bus service will be running between the Maritime Museum, and the Arthur Grady event in King's Square.

when Saturday 28 May, 9.30am–5pm AT WA Maritime Museum: FREE Victoria Quay Fremantle www www.museum.wa.gov.au/museums/ maritime TIME HONOURED TALES Rediscover some old favourites at a special Heritage Festival storytime for two – five year-olds. Classic stories will be told, rhymes recited and songs sung. A simple craft activity will also be available for the little ones to engage with.

when Saturday 28 May, 10.30am AT Fremantle City Library, 8 William street www fremantlestory.com.au/heritagefestival FREE

32 HERITAGE Architecture Visit the office of an architectural firm, SIA Architects, experienced in heritage architecture and located within a heritage building on Market Street. SIA Architects have worked on many Fremantle heritage projects, both domestic and commercial. View some examples of the work that goes into restoration and renovation of our heritage buildings. See how modern additions can beautifully enhance the stately heritage aspects of homes and other buildings and how the buildings can be repurposed to suit modern life.

when Saturday 28 May & Sunday 29 May, 11am–4.30pm AT SIA Architects, 2 Market Street (above il Cibo) www siaarchitects.com FREE NORTH OF THE RIVER VS SOUTH OF THE RIVER Comedy Competition Join the age-old debate. Is it better to live North or South of the river? Are they funnier North or South of the river? Two teams, with three in each team, will go head to head. Scored by a panel of judges the winning team will be declared and receive a shield. Come along and support your team!

when Friday 3 JUNE, 7.30pm–10pm AT Fremantle Fibonacci Centre: 19 Blinco Street, Fremantle BOOKINGS Tickets on the door $20 www facebook.com/Perth-Laughs-213851765635167

ARTS 33 FREO 1960 Wander down High Street in Fremantle’s historic West End as if it was 1960 again. With the timeless architecture of the West End, and a street lined with classic cars and motorbikes from the 60s, this will be a real nostalgic treat for anyone who fancies a trip back in time. Non-modifed orginal cars and motorbikes will be parked in respective car bays as if it were a regular day in 1960. Car owners and visitors will be encouraged to dress in theme. Great opportunity for photographers and models looking for a 60s backdrop.

when Sunday 5 June, 10am–2pm AT High Street, West End Fremantle FREE www search ‘freo 1960’ on Facebook for event page

J SHED Open Day Both studios are located in the historic J-Shed building on Bathers Beach. Built in 1912 this building displays historic wharf architecture which will be on view to the public.

Unit 2: Visit the gallery of bronze sculptor Greg James of Greg James Sculpture Studio.

Unit 3: Hosts an open studio with a display of works in progress by Peter Zuvela, photographer and Jenny Dawson, ceramic artist. when Saturday 4 June, 10am–4pm AT J Shed: Unit 2 & 3 J Shed Fleet Street FREE

34 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL Sense and SPONTANEITY It is a truth universally acknowledged that Austen plus impro equals a great time out! Join Austenphiles and Theatresports champions Esther Longhurst and Jessica Messenger on a joyful, 'Certified Boyfriend Friendly' romp through "Sense and Spontaneity" - the novelist's seventh and previously undiscovered novel... Completely unscripted and improvised, no two shows are alike! Come fall in love Insider Art: with this charming all ages adventure full of bonnets, balls, romance and ridiculousness. You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll bring your mum! She'll thank you. "A warm hug of an Winter 2016 improvised show" - Stage Whispers SOLD OUT - FRINGE Insider Art: Winter 2016 will showcase the creative WORLD 2016, FREMANTLE FESTIVAL 2015 & 2016. achievements of Western Australian prisoners from across the Guildhall Event Space will be offering event-themed State. The quarterly exhibitions of prisoner art held in the old catering for one hour either side of each performance. ‘Print Shop’ at the Fremantle Prison heritage site are diverse in style, with a strong representation of Aboriginal painting and when Saturday 4 June & Sunday 5 June 3-4pm art objects. Participating in the creative process offers prisoners more than simply education and recreation. For many prisoners AT Guildhall Event Space: 222 Queen it becomes a connection with family, culture and country. Victoria Street, North Fremantle The production of artwork can also be an important component BOOKINGS trybooking.com/Booking/ $18 in prisoner rehabilitation, enabling prisoners to reframe their BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=192190, identities in positive ways through creativity and personal www facebook.com/senseandspontaneity development. Entry to the exhibition is free, and many of the works will be available for purchase. The Insider Art series of exhibitions are a joint initiative between the Department of Corrective Services and Fremantle Prison (a division of the State Heritage Office).

when Saturday 4 June – Sunday 28 August, 9am–5pm AT Fremantle Prison Gallery: The Terrace Fremantle www fremantleprison.com.auwhatson FREE

ARTS 35 Little Freo Stories Let's make a book - a super awesome picture book about Kids In Fremantle! Let's fill it up with the adventures of Freo kids from today and the past. Artist Samantha Hughes invites children to bring their favourite grown-up to writing and illustrating workshops in the Inkling Art Space.

when Sunday 29 May & Sunday 5 June, 10.30am & 1pm Tuesday 31 May & Friday 3 June, 4pm AT Inkling Art Space, 42 Henry streeT BOOKINGS inklingarts.com.au www inklingarts.com.au VINTAGE COLLECTORS FAIR $5 A vintage shoppers delight! The Fremantle Town Hall will be full of people selling a wide range of interesting and sometimes unusual, collectables.

Ranging from Japanese wedding kimonos to vintage tools; from charismatic china to kitchen kitch; beautiful books to vintage technology; retro toys to chiming clocks. Who know what goodies might be on hand from these eclectic collectors? when Saturday 28 May, 9am–4pm AT Fremantle Town Hall: 8 William Street BOOKINGS inklingarts.com.au www facebook.com/pages/Vintage- FREE Services/1424584674430646

36 36 2016 Fremantle HERITAGE FESTIVAL 90s roller disco Hmm Hey baby, if it smells like Teen spirit at Rolloways in May... nevermind.. it's our 90s night! So pump up the jam and 80S ROLLER NIGHT It’s 80s night, so time to relive the mullet and the stone remember to get the body movin' and ride your pony up to Rolloways. You oughta know all these terms if you lived and washed denims. Come and celebrate a mintox night of partied in the 90s so bust a move, pump up the jam and give DuranDuran, Culture Club, laser beams and fog while wearing your old rollerblades a little TLC. (It might take one week) your best fluros! Leave the walkman at home and get those Rip your jeans from a suitcase full of razor blades or use a legwarmers over your skates. jagged little pill ..whoomp there it is! So don't speak, feel the when good vibrations with every little step you take and bump and Saturday 4 June, 7-10pm grind over to Rolloways for the 90s night! If we think nothing AT Rollaways Leisure Centre, 352a South street compares 2U then you could win a prize! BOOKINGS Tickets on the door when Saturday 28 May, 7pm–10pm www rolloways.com AT Rollaways Leisure Centre, 352a South street BOOKINGS Tickets on the door $10 www rolloways.com $10

Military Re-enactment Learn more about our soldiers and the uniforms and equipment they used with the Westralian Great War Living History Association at the Army Museum of WA.

This group’s members wear uniforms and equipment to commemorate Australian soldiers, airmen and nurses of the 1st AIF from World War One, and sometimes World War Two and the Vietnam War. They take pride in ensuring the accuracy and authenticity of their kit. when Sunday 29 May, 10.30am & 1pm Visitors will have the opportunity to have their photos taken AT Army Museum: Artillery Barracks with the menbers and enjoy a static display of military vehicles Burt Street. Fremantle from the Veterans Car Club of WA. www armymuseumwa.com.au FREE Please note: There is no parking available on site.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT 37 SUITCASE Rummage Stitch & Bitch Suitcase Rummage is a mini market, set up from suitcases on the ground. It is a community focused event, engaging local PRESENTED BY CWA PERTH BELLES community members who may be artists, crafters, designers, small business owners, entrepeneurs, or avid recyclers. It is a Do you want to learn how to knit and help a good cause? unique style market, family friendly and accessible. The CWA Perth Belles are getting out our knitting needles and crochet hooks to create baby blankets for struggling when Sunday 5 June, 11am–4pm mums and newborns in Western Australia. It's our chance to give back to our community and we'd love your help! AT Pioneer Park: 1 Short Street Fremantle Come on down, grab your needles and join in the fun. We BOOKINGS suitcaserummage.com.au will have expert knitters on hand to get you started, plus raffles and prizes. Knitting kits are available to purchase www suitcaserummage.com.au and places are limited (bookings recommended).

$25 for when Sunday 5 June, 1–4pm stall FREE holders AT National Hotel, 98 High street BOOKINGS search ‘CWA Perth Belles’ on Eventbrite www search ‘CWA Perth Belles’ on Facebook $5 FENCING IN THE HALL Excalibur Fencing Club put on a competition and demonstration when Sunday 5 June, 1–4pm of the ancient art of sword play as a sport. One of the oldest AT and original Olympic sports, fencing is tactical, precise and Fremantle Town Hall: 8 William street performed at speed. It will be a unique experience to witness www excalibur.org.auk this exotic sport in the heritage surroundings of the Fremantle Town Hall. This local club are the current Australian Teams champions in the discipline of Sabre fencing and will be fighting FREE with both weapons of sabre and foil.

WA DAY FESTIVAL It’s all about the family this WA Day! Join us at the Esplanade Reserve. There’ll be plenty of activities to choose from for the whole family including interactive art activities, entertainment, workshops and food trucks. For more details visit www.celebratewa.com.au. WA Day is a focal point for all Western Australians to recognise and celebrate our commonality and diversity, with people from all over the world who have made, and continue to make, Western Australia their home.

when Monday 6 June, 10am–4pm AT Esplanade Reserve www celebratewa.com.au FREE SOMETHING DIFFERENT 39 hidden TREASURES WINTER MUSIC SERIES when every thursday in july www fremantlestory.com.au/ hiddentreasures

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1 Finnerty St, Fremantle | Open 7 Days | 9432 9555 exhibitions | music | art courses | shop | cafe | free entry + wifi | fac.org.au EVENT CALENDAR PG 20 20 20 10 10 10 19 19 19 16 16 14 14 18 18 15 15 13 13 21 21 12 12 17 17 17 17 11 11 6 9 9 9 4 8 8 5 5 EVENT GUILDHALL SUNDAY SESSION SONGS OFTHESEAINWHALERS’TUNNEL! BREAKOUT CRIMS&CONVICTSSOCIALDANCE THE JUSTINWALSHE FOLKMACHINESUPPORT KING FEZ'SBOOGALOOBAR BIG FELLABOX,HIMSINGOUTPLENTYTOMUSIC BRIGHTWATER. SUN'SGAZE ARTHUR GRADYDAY PATRON SAINTSOFPOP SIMON TEDESCHI-KALEIDOSCOPE ROBERT DREWE-KEYNOTEADDRESS SOUTH FREMANTLEONTHEWIRELESS BECOMING GEO-LITERATE INFREMANTLE LOCAL HISTORYAWARDS SETTLEMENT -BUTNOTBYCHOICE MANUFACTURING FACTORIES:ATALKBYLORAINECOATES VINTAGE &ANTIQUEDISCOVERYDAY TALKS FROMHISTORYTOFUTURE HISTORICAL PANAORAMA RESEARCHING YOURFAMILYHISTORYUSINGANCESTRY.COM. HOW TORESTOREALUNATIC ASYLUM UNEARTHING FREMANTLE’SARCHAEOLOGICALTREASURES. DENS OFDIRT&DEBAUCHERY JOHN BOYLEO’REILLY&THEGREAT FENIANESCAPE. IMAGINING TERRAAUSTRALIS. STORIES FROMTHESWAN RIVER THE MAGNIFICENTLIFEOFMISSMAY HOLMAN THE GIANTCOOK-UP:FLAVOUR OFPAELLA A NIGHTWITHCELEBRITYCHEFMARKOLIVE FREMANTLE'S FIGHTIN'FORTIESLONGTABLEDINNER THE ULTIMATE HIGHTEA ESPLANADE MURDERMYSTERYDINNER PIONEERS LUNCHEON RUM PUNCHPIRATE PARTY BACK TOTHE70’SPARTY “BEFORE PITCHPERFECT...AN ACAPPELLASTORY” PIPE ORGANPLUS-NEMESIS SEA SHANTIES&CONVICTTALES -MUSIC -FOOD -TALKSANDLECTURES LOCATION GUILDHALL EVENTSPACE WHALERS' TUNNEL,ROUNDHOUSE THE ITALIANCLUBFREMANTLE VICTORIA HALL TBC -SEEFREMANTLESTORY.COM.AU ST JOHN'SCHURCH ST JOHN'SCHURCH KINGS SQUARE MOJO'S BAR ST JOHN'SCHURCH TANNOCK HALL,UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAME THE MEETINGPLACE PS ARTSPACE TRADEWINDS HOTEL FREMANTLE ROUNDHOUSEGUNDECK FREMANTLE CITYLIBRARYHISTORYCENTRE FREMANTLE CITYLIBRARYHISTORYCENTRE MOJO'S BAR WA MARITIMEMUSEUM FREMANTLE CITYLIBRARYHISTORYCENTRE FREMANTLE ARTSCENTRE FREMANTLE HOTEL,UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAME FREMANTLE HOTEL,UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAME FREMANTLE HOTEL,UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAME FREMANTLE HOTEL,UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAME FREMANTLE HOTEL,UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAME FREMANTLE HOTEL,UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAME THE MEETINGPLACE RAW KITCHEN FREMANTLE TOWNHALL FREMANTLE TOWNHALL ESPLANADE HOTELFREMANTLE-BYRYDGES FREMANTLETOWNHALL MOJOS BAR THE MEETINGPLACE FREMANTLE TOWNHALL ST PATRICKS BASILICA GYPSY TAPASHOUSE -TOURS -ARTS

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PG EVENT LOCATION 27/05 FRIDAY 28/05 SATURDAY 29/05 SUNDAY 30/05 MONDAY 31/05 TUESDAY 1/05 WEDNESDAY 2/06 THURSDAY 3/06 FRIDAY 4/06 SATURDAY 5/06 SUNDAY 6/06 MONDAY 22 OPEN DAY - FANNY SAMSON COTTAGE MUSEUM 31 CLIFF STREET 22 SORRY DAY & RECONCILIATION WEEK WALYALUP ABORIGINAL CULTURAL CENTRE 23 WWII TIME WINDOW TOURS FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE 23 SKYBAR SUNSET TOURS NAVY CLUB 24 HISTORY WITH BEERS - A SAILORS GUIDE TO FREMANTLE MEET AT ROUND HOUSE 24 RETRO & VINTAGE SHOPPING TOUR DEPARTS KINGS SQUARE 25 WALK IN THE SHOES OF CONVICTS ROUNDHOUSE TO FREMANTLE PRISON 25 CEMETERIES IN THE PORT CITY & THE ROTTNEST CONNECTION FREMANTLE CEMETERY 26 THE NATIONAL HOTEL HISTORY TOUR THE NATIONAL HOTEL 26 VICTORIA HALL OPEN DAY VICTORIA HALL 26 THE WAYWARD WOMEN OF THE FREMANTLE PRISON FREMANTLE PRISON YHA 27 FREMANTLE PRISON CONSERVATION WALK FREMANTLE PRISON 27 FREMANTLE PRISON ART TOUR FREMANTLE PRISON 28 DON'S TRAM TOUR FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE 28 THE CHANGING FACES OF THE ARTHUR HEAD HERITAGE PRECINCT WHALER'S TUNNEL - UNDER ROUNDHOUSE 28 CAMPUS TOURS: THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME AUSTRALIA FREMANTLE HOTEL, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 28 FREMANTLE & WAR: WALKING TOUR. FREMANTLE HOTEL, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 29 A QUIET CONVICTION: PHOTOGRAPHS OF DECOMMISSIONED PRISONS FREMANTLE PRISON GALLERY 29 MONK MEETS NOTRE DAME: A BLAST FROM THE PAST THE MONK CRAFT BREWERY & KITCHEN 30 FRED MEHTA & ARTHUR KALAMARS AT WORLD'S END STUDIO 15 MISS TRIVETT PLACE 30 WEDDING DRESS DISPLAY MANY 6160 30 THE FREMANTLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF STEPHEN STOUT, 1862 FREMANTLE HISTORY CENTRE 31 FATA MORGANA PS ART SPACE 31 PSAS OPEN STUDIOS PS ART SPACE 31 GWENYTH EWENS ANNUAL ART AWARD FREMANTLE CITY LIBRARY 32 WA MARITIME MUSEUM OPEN DAY WA MARITIME MUSEUM 32 TIME HONOURED TALES FREMANTLE CITY LIBRARY 33 HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE SIA ARCHITECTS OFFICE 33 NORTH OF THE RIVER VS SOUTH OF THE RIVER COMEDY COMPETITION FREMANTLE FIBONACCI CENTRE 34 J SHED UNIT 2 & 3 OPEN DAY FLEET STREET 34 FREO 1960 HIGH STREET 35 INSIDER ART: WINTER 2016 FREMANTLE PRISON GALLERY 35 SENSE & SPONTANEITY GUILDHALL EVENT SPACE 36 LITTLE FREO STORIES INKLING ART SPACE 36 VINTAGE COLLECTORS FAIR FREMANTLE TOWN HALL 37 90S ROLLER DISCO ROLLAWAYS LEISURE CENTRE 37 MILITARY RE-ENACTMENT ARMY MUSEUM OF WA 38 SUITCASE RUMMAGE PIONEER PARK 37 80’S ROLLER NIGHT ROLLAWAYS LEISURE CENTRE 38 STITCH & BITCH - PRESENTED BY CWA PERTH BELLES NATIONAL HOTEL 39 FENCING IN THE HALL FREMANTLE TOWN HALL 39 WA DAY FESTIVAL ESPLANADE RESERVE Image coutesy of Fremantle History Centre (Town Hall, Fremantle PC00005)

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