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Fremantle Arts Centre

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Fremantle, WA

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HAUNTING / GHOSTBuilt 1861–1868Arts centrePUBLICDOCUMENTEDLEGEND
Fremantle Arts Centre
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OVERVIEW

Constructed by convict labour between 1861 and 1868 as the Fremantle Lunatic Asylum, the building later served as a home for elderly women and was nearly demolished in the 1960s. It has been an arts centre since 1972.

HISTORY

The building is one of the finest examples of colonial Gothic architecture in Western Australia.

REPORTED ACTIVITY

Staff have reported footsteps and figures in the upper galleries over many years; the building is widely reported as haunted.

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Open daily; free entry.

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