Cantonment Hill, Fremantle
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Cantonment Hill is a small rise overlooking the port city of Fremantle, Western Australia. Since the early 1900s the hill and the surrounding 4-hectare (9.9-acre) precinct has been mainly used for military purposes with extensive buildings now present. It has been under the control of the Department of Defence.
Cantonment Hill
Dwerda Weelardinup, Walyarup | |
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Coordinates: 32°2′37″S 115°45′19″E | |
Location | Fremantle, Western Australia |
Operator | City of Fremantle |
Area | |
• Total | 2.31 hectares (5.7 acres) |
Elevation | 33.9 m (111.2 ft) |
The area is known by the indigenous Whadjuk people as Dwerda Weelardinup, meaning "place of the dingo spirit" and the peak is also referred to as Walyarup, meaning "sea-eagle nest".[1]
The site includes the last remaining stand of pre-European settlement Rottnest Island pine (Callitris preissii) on the mainland of Western Australia.[2]