Elder Place, Fremantle

Elder Place in a street in Fremantle, Western Australia that primarily runs between the north-west ends of Parry Street and Queen Street, south-west of the Fremantle railway line. At the north-eastern end Elder Place becomes Beach Street; at the south-western end it becomes Phillimore Street. A small cul de sac, also called Elder Place, but not connected to the main street, runs off Phillimore Street, in the direction of Market Street.

Elder Place Western Australia
Type	Street
Location(s)
Suburb(s)	Fremantle

Looking south from Parry Street intersection

Parry Street and Elder Place intersection

The southern side of the street was taken up with a large building known as Elders Wool Store,[1] which was run by Elder, Smith and Company.[2][3] This building was demolished and replaced by the Woolstores Shopping Centre.

In the late nineteenth century, the street was known as Bay Street.[4]

Notes

1. "ELDERS WOOL STORE and PORT OF FREMANTLE". Western Mail. Western Australia. 13 April 1950. p. 51. Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "FREMANTLE". The West Australian. 53 (16, 040). Western Australia. 24 November 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "ELDER'S WOOL STORE, ELDER PLACE, FREMANTLE". Western Mail. XLVIII (2, 445). Western Australia. 22 December 1932. p. 20 (THE WESTERN MAIL XMAS). Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
4. Item 0637 - Fremantle Sheet 3 [Tally No. 504252]., 6 August 1898

External links

• Media related to Elder Place, Fremantle at Wikimedia Commons