The book is the first in a trilogy that records the first hundred years of hotel-keeping in Fremantle from 1829 to 1929, which also means it is the first hundred years of hotel-keeping in Western Australia. However, it is not just the story of Fremantle’s hotels. The book also chronicles Fremantle’s history during that period of time.

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There is no town in Western Australia that has a richer history and heritage than Fremantle. The town was established in 1829 when the first colonists first landed. At that time, the town was known as Swan River Colony.

The history of Fremantle cannot be told in isolation so any story about Fremantle is also a story about Western Australia. 

If storekeeping was the first occupation in the new colony, then hotel keeping was the next. Within six months of the colony being founded Fremantle had four hotels. 

The book traces the history of those early Fremantle hotels and how they, and the hotels that followed, shaped the culture and appearance of Fremantle today. To know the history of those hotels is to know the history of Fremantle.

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