Burt Street, Fremantle

Burt Street is a street located in Fremantle, Western Australia. It runs between Queen Victoria Street and East Street and rises up the prominent hill that lies to the south of Cantonment Hill.

Looking from Burt Street towards South Mole and open sea
Burt Street

Western Australia
Looking down Burt Street towards harbour and Gage Roads - the structures mid photo on the right is the Army Museum
General information
TypeStreet
Length530 m (0.3 mi)
Major junctions
East Street, Fremantle
Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle
Location(s)
Suburb(s)Fremantle

The lower part of the street is the current location of the Army Museum of Western Australia which is based in the former Army Artillery Barracks.[1][2][3] This section of Burt Street was in the late 19th century considered part of Skinner Street.[4]

Burt Street is the northern boundary of a block of State Housing Commission land that formerly had three apartment complexes (named 'Keli', 'Buli', and 'Kerta') but as of 2018 these had all been demolished and the site was to undergo redevelopment into a "new affordable community that enriches the unique character of Fremantle"[5] with 15% being reserved for public housing.[6]

Notes
  1. Western Australian Planning Commission (2009), Metropolitan region scheme amendment 1163/57 (minor amendment) : Fremantle Artillery Barracks : City of Fremantle : report on submissions, submissions, transcript of hearings, Western Australian Planning Commission, ISBN 978-0-7309-9897-6
  2. Australia. Parliament. Senate. Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Hogg, John Joseph (2001), Inquiry into the disposal of Defence property : artillery barracks, Fremantle : interim report of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, The Committee, ISBN 978-0-642-71114-4
  3. Considine and Griffiths Architects (1996), Artillery Barracks, Fremantle : conservation plan, Considine and Griffiths Architects, retrieved 13 January 2017
  4. Fremantle Sheet 3 [Tally No. 504252].
  5. Burt Street Redevelopment sign
  6. "Burt Street brouhaha". 16 January 2015.


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