Bannister Street, Fremantle

Bannister Street is a street in Fremantle between Market Street and Pakenham Streets.

Bannister Street

Western Australia
TypeStreet

In the early 20th century a brothel operated on Bannister Street.[1]

In the 1940s some local businessmen applied to the Fremantle council to change the name of the street,[2] due to the reputation of some of the premises in previous decades.[3][4]

Notes
  1. "FREMANTLE FANTASIES". Truth (71). Western Australia. 26 November 1904. p. 4 (CITY EDITION). Retrieved 15 July 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "New Name Wanted For Port Street". The Daily News. LXV (22, 446) (HOME ed.). Western Australia. 19 March 1947. p. 8. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "FREMANTLE FANTASIES". Truth (71) (CITY ed.). Perth. 26 November 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "THE WILY CELESTIAL". The Daily News. XXXIII (12, 052) (THIRD ed.). Western Australia. 13 February 1914. p. 10. Retrieved 17 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.


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