Freo Foto ....Fremantle Arts Centre

Over the next few weeks Fremantle will host Freo Foto with photographs being exhibited in ove 50 locations throughout the port City.

Fremantle Arts is a magnificant gothic building .Built by convicts on a grant of six acres, this splendid example of Australian Gothic architecture first opened its doors in 1864, as the Convict Establishment Fremantle Lunatic Asylum and Invalid Depot.


All inmates were under the punitive control of prison rules and regulations and, over time, the asylum became the depository for any social problem, such as alcoholism, prostitution and the elderly.

During the gold rush of the 1890s, miners and Chinese labourers were admitted suffering the effects of sunstroke and Opium smoking.

Today it is used as a Arts Centre...it has great exhibitions, including this one, as well as a really good cafe which I frequent often.....

This photo is of a collection of photos from India, especially interesting to us as we plan to go there in November.

Note the beautiful Jarrah wooden floors, the high ceilings and wonderful old fireplace.