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THE 1925 seamen’s strike was one of the most significant labour disputes in the maritime industry of the early 20th century. It began in August 1925 when British shipowners proposed a reduction of seamen’s wages by £1 per month, arguing that post-war economic conditions required cost-cutting measures. The move was met with fierce resistance by…
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KAILIS or Cicerello’s? It’s up there with – Coke or Pepsi, Beatles or The Stones, Trump or Biden, Missionary or… Sorry, I took that too far, but it seems that people visiting Fremantle for fish and chips have a favourite eatery and then stick with that place until they’re six feet under. The argument often…
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FROM the late 1970s to the mid 1980s, Fremantle was a vibrant and chaotic melting pot of art, music, theatre and political activism. For many it’s the city’s golden age, before it hosted the America’s Cup and became a softer, more gentrified affair. This tumultuous period is captured brilliantly by the exhibition Desperate Measures, which…
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THE Hanky Code – a 1970’s fad where gay men would use different coloured hankies to indicate what they were into sexually – is the basis for a thought-provoking and funny stand-up show at Fringe World. In the show, Sydney comic Jarryd Prain explores what the different colours mean and how they relate to his…
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A MINI film festival that champions the resilience and self-determination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be held at Fremantle Arts Centre next weekend. Part of the City of Fremantle’s Truth Telling program, three feature-length documentaries and one short film will be shown over two nights. Two of the films – Dhakiyarr Vs…
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ATTENTION all millionaires. There’s a superblock for sale and it’s a real whopper – 2501sqm of prime riverside land on the Applecross peninsula. It’s the first time in 32 years it’s come up for sale and with 25m frontages and a zoning of R12.5 it’s sure to attract a lot of attention. You could build…
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Perth’s very own Fringe artist collective The Hairy Godmothers, this 2025 FRINGE WORLD season, are presenting… the long-awaited sequel to ‘Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody’! ‘Villains: A Dizney in Drag Parody’ premiered at Adelaide Fringe 2024 and toured the UK to Brighton and Edinburgh fringe festivals. Now, the infamous Hairy Godmothers carry out…
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ENVIRONMENTAL protestors have turned their sights towards convincing the Cook government to reinstate a wetland in plans for the Perth Cultural Centre redevelopment. Contractors started draining and removing the existing wetlands on Monday this week, which the local government, sport and cultural industries department says has an un-repairable leak (“Last push to save cultural centre…
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LOCAL Tafes have benefited from what the Cook government says is the largest capital works program in the system’s history. The East Perth Tafe was the biggest winner, scoring $1.28 million for 20 global navigation satellite systems and 20 robotic stations used by students to collect spacial data. It also received $474,000 for a reverse…
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FORMER US Navy submarine nuclear reactor operator and columnist Jon C Gabriel has published his first novel Sink the Rising Sun, inspired by American submarines secretly stationed in Fremantle and Albany during WWII. Combining his unique naval experience with deep research, it is a rare and humourous historical novel about a US submarine officer at the beginning…
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