Commissariat Buildings
The Commissariat Buildings are a group of two buildings found at 6 Marine Terrace in the West End of Fremantle, Western Australia, which, with construction having begun in 1852, are one of the first sites built using convict labour in the Swan River colony.
| Commissariat Buildings | |
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The south façade of the Commissariat buildings as viewed from opposite Marine Terrace in 2013 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Museum |
| Location | Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 32.056906°S 115.742579°E |
Western Australia Heritage Register | |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Designated | 22 June 2001 |
| Part of | West End, Fremantle (25225) |
| Reference no. | 857 |
Throughout their time in use, they have been used in various capacities by several governmental organisations, until 1979 when they began to hold the Western Australian Maritime Museum's shipwreck galleries, which they continue to do to date.
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