Restoration started in 1965
The first major Fremantle restoration project was in 1965. An old lunatic asylum building from the 1860 s was transformed into the Fremantle Museum and Arts Centre. In 1971, the Fremantle Boys’ School (built in 1854) became the Institute of Film and Television.
Two years later, work started on the Round House, the oldest public building in West Australia (and the state’s first gaol, built in 18301831). Conservation of the Round House and its surrounding Arthur Head reserve has continued until
today with a $1.5 million bicentennial project. In 1974, the Princess May Girls” School (1899-1901) was restored as an education and arts resource centre. In 1975, the derelict Fremantle Markets were restored and reopened for the same purpose they were built in 1897. The sight of these restored
buildings in their characteristic sand-yellow showed Fremantle the direction it had lacked. Construction of Fremantle Hospital block monoliths and a new Myers store brought cries of outrage. The City Council is unlikely to allow a repeat of that sort of building.
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