Commissariat Buildings
Buildings in the West End of Fremantle, Western Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For Commissariat Building in Ottawa, see Bytown Museum. For the Commissariat Store in Brisbane, see Commissariat Store, Brisbane. For the former Commissariat Store in Sydney, see Sydney Cove West Archaeological Precinct.
The Commissariat Buildings are a group of two buildings found at 6 Marine Terrace in the West End of Fremantle, Western Australia, which, with construction having begun in 1852, are one of the first sites built using convict labour in the Swan River colony.
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Type | Museum |
Location | Fremantle, Western Australia |
Coordinates | 32.056906°S 115.742579°E / -32.056906; 115.742579 (Commissariat Buildings) |
Type | State Registered Place |
Designated | 22 June 2001 |
Part of | West End, Fremantle (25225) |
Reference no. | 857 |
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Throughout their time in use, they have been used in various capacities by several governmental organisations, until 1979 when they began to hold the Western Australian Maritime Museum's shipwreck galleries, which they continue to do to date.