Freemantle
a city of Australia, the chief seaport on the West Coast of Australia, situated at the mouth of the Swan River and twelve miles from Some thirty years ago it acquired importance on account of the rush of part of Australia, extensive placer diggings being developed at various points in the interior. It is now of considerable importance as the point of export of leather and lumber, . A large supply of salt is obtained from the salt works established by the government on an island in the large but rather shallow harbor. The pop. is about 22,000.
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