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Fremantle , city (1996 pop. 24,276), Western Australia, SW Australia, a suburb of Perth, on the Indian Ocean at the mouth of the Swan River. It is the terminus of the Trans-Australian RR and the chief commercial port of the state. The chief exports are wheat, wool, fruit, and flour; oil, steel, and phosphates are imported. The 1987 America 's Cup challenge was held here.

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Fremantle, Western Australia/Australia Settled in 1829 and named after Captain Sir Charles Fremantle (1800–69), a British naval officer who took control of the mouth of the Swan River to prevent French or American infiltration.

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