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{{Short description|Maritime passenger terminal in Fremantle, Western Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}}
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| alternate_names     = Victoria Quay Function and Exhibition Centre<br>Fremantle Cruise Terminal
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| owner               = [[Fremantle Port Authority]]
| current_tenants     = [[Fremantle Port Authority]]
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| location            = Victoria Quay, [[Fremantle]]
| address             = Lot 2114 Beach Street, Fremantle
| location_town       = Fremantle, Western Australia
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| groundbreaking_date = 1958
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| architecture_firm   = Hobbs, Winning and Leighton
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| other_designers     = Howard Taylor
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| main_contractor     = AT Brine & Sons and the [[Fremantle Port Authority#Fremantle Harbour Trust|Fremantle Harbour Trust]]
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The '''Fremantle Passenger Terminal''' is a [[Passenger terminal (maritime)|maritime passenger terminal]] at [[Victoria Quay, Fremantle|Victoria Quay]], [[Fremantle]]. It was built between 1960&ndash;62, replacing the former cargo sheds located at the site of construction.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Fremantle Harbour Trust | title=Port of Fremantle passenger terminal | publication-date=1960 | publisher=Fremantle Harbour Trust | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21864113 | accessdate=24 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Fremantle Harbour Trust | title=Port of Fremantle Passenger Terminal | publication-date=1962 | publisher=Fremantle Harbour Trust | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21864113 | accessdate=24 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Fremantle Port Authority | title=Port of Fremantle Passenger Terminal | publisher=Fremantle Port Authority | edition=3rd reprint | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159511420 | accessdate=24 December 2013 }}</ref>

It was opened in time for arrival of competitors for the [[1962 Commonwealth Games|Empire Games in 1962]]. The terminal is the largest in Australia and is the only passenger terminal in Australia capable of berthing two [[cruise liners]] simultaneously.<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Register document|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Content/PdfLoader.aspx?id=8183d483-f48b-4e4a-9e58-83bf9fc343ad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102112/http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Content/PdfLoader.aspx?id=8183d483-f48b-4e4a-9e58-83bf9fc343ad|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2013|work=Fremantle Passenger Terminal|publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia|accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=assess>{{cite web|title=Fremantle Passenger Terminal|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Content/PdfLoader.aspx?id=8183d483-f48b-4e4a-9e58-83bf9fc343ad&type=assessment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105530/http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Content/PdfLoader.aspx?id=8183d483-f48b-4e4a-9e58-83bf9fc343ad&type=assessment|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 December 2013|work=Heritage listing|publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia|accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref>

==Significance==
In 2000 the building was permanently listed on the [[Western Australian Register of Heritage Places|State Register of Heritage Places]], was classified by the [[National Trust of Australia|National Trust]] in 2001, and was also registered on the former [[Register of the National Estate]].<ref name=register /><ref name=inherit>{{cite web|title=Port of Fremantle Passenger Terminal |url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/937d368f-c197-486e-b64b-1759f4829b4e |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203225757/http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/937d368f-c197-486e-b64b-1759f4829b4e |url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2012 |work=Register place number 03363 |publisher=InHerit WA |accessdate=26 January 2013 }}</ref> Its 50th anniversary was celebrated in 2010.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Fremantle Ports | title=Fremantle passenger terminal : 50 years | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Fremantle Ports | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38782663 | accessdate=24 December 2013 }}</ref>

==History==
Since its construction, [[Fremantle Harbour]] has been the major port of call for vessels of all types, including [[ocean liner]]s bringing migrants and tourists to [[Western Australia]]. In the 1950s the Fremantle Port Authority recognised the need to improve the facilities for processing arrivals as the [[Post-war immigration to Australia|post World War II immigration]] policy was seeing large number of migrants arriving in Fremantle. The arrivals were being processed in sheds and offices on Victoria Quay, so it was decided to build dedicated facilities. The planning, which commenced in 1957, considered the future needs of the port, so designed a facility capable of processing two ocean liners simultaneously. Hobbs, Winning and Leighton was the architectural firm that designed the building in the post war international style, with AT Brine & Sons and the [[Fremantle Port Authority#Fremantle Harbour Trust|Fremantle Harbour Trust]] commencing construction in 1958.<ref name=FPT50yr>{{cite web|url=http://www.fremantleports.com.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/Fremantle%20Passenger%20Terminal%2050%20Years%20anniversary%20booklet.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322171731/http://www.fremantleports.com.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/Fremantle%20Passenger%20Terminal%2050%20Years%20anniversary%20booklet.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 March 2012|title=Fremantle Passenger Terminal 50 years|publisher=Fremantle Port Authority|accessdate=26 January 2013}}</ref>

The first stage F shed was opened by [[Premier of Western Australia|Premier]] [[David Brand]] in December 1960. The [[SS Oriana (1959)|SS ''Oriana'']] on its maiden voyage was the first [[ocean liner|vessel]] to berth at the new terminal.<ref name=Vicquay>{{cite web|title=Victoria Quay|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Content/PdfLoader.aspx?id=d88dd372-d5d3-4b77-933d-094ac0b85d87&type=assessment|work=Assessment document|publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia|accessdate=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213306/http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Content/PdfLoader.aspx?id=d88dd372-d5d3-4b77-933d-094ac0b85d87&type=assessment|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between the opening of the first stage and the opening of the second stage G shed in May 1962 over 250,000 passengers passed through the terminal.<ref name=FPT50yr />

In the 2000s, as ocean pleasure cruises became more popular it was briefly designated as the ''Fremantle Cruise Terminal''.<ref>{{Citation | title=Super cruise ship QUEEN MARY 2 visiting Australia | journal=AsiaPulse News | publication-date=2011-02-17 | publisher=Asia Pulse Pty Ltd | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/148107386 | accessdate=4 December 2018 }}</ref> After receiving criticism from [[Carnival Cruise Line]] at the outdated state of the terminal in early 2017, the building received an upgrade and refurbishment which was completed in January 2019.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Hastie, Hamish | title=Upgraded Freo passenger terminal to draw cruises back to Perth | publication-date=2019-01-07 | url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/upgraded-freo-passenger-terminal-to-draw-cruises-back-to-perth-20190107-p50q1v.html | accessdate=13 January 2018 }}</ref>

==Events==
At various stages the terminal has been utilised for events.<ref>{{Citation | title=International marine exhibition at Fremantle | journal=Australian Fisheries | publication-date=1987-03-01 | volume=46 | issue=3 | pages=6 | issn=0004-9115 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Western Australia. Metropolitan Freight Network Review. Working Group (2) | author2=MacTiernan, Alannah | author3=Western Australia. Dept. of Planning and Infrastructure (sponsoring body) | title=2001 Freight Planning Congress, Saturday 27th October 2001, 10.00am-4.30pm, Sunday 28th October 2001, 10.00am-1.00pm Fremantle Port Authority, Passenger Terminal, Fremantle | publication-date=2000 | publisher=[Perth] [Minister for Planning and Infrastructure] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/209108012 | accessdate=4 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Macdonald, Ian | author2=Liberal Party of Australia | title=AusMarine opens in Fremantle | publication-date=2002-10-30 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192983068 | accessdate=4 December 2018 }}</ref>

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* [https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/travel/cruising/a/22374036/freo-way-to-go-for-cruising/ "Freo... way to go for cruising"] – article by Niall McIlroy in ''[[The West Australian]]'' about boarding a cruise ship at Fremantle Passenger Terminal

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Fremantle]]
[[Category:Fremantle Harbour]]
[[Category:Passenger ship terminals]]
[[Category:State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Fremantle]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in Australia]]