View source for Bannister Street, Fremantle

{{Short description|Street in Fremantle, Western Australia}}
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'''Bannister Street''' is a street in [[Fremantle, Western Australia|Fremantle]] between [[Market Street, Fremantle|Market Street]] and [[Pakenham Street, Fremantle|Pakenham Streets]].
In the early 20th century a brothel operated on Bannister Street.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207388842 |title=FREMANTLE FANTASIES |newspaper=[[Truth (Perth newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=71 |location=Western Australia |date=26 November 1904 |access-date=15 July 2018 |page=4 (CITY EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In the 1940s some local businessmen applied to the Fremantle council to change the name of the street,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78209817 |title=New Name Wanted For Port Street |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |volume=LXV |issue=22,446 |location=Western Australia |date=19 March 1947 |access-date=17 March 2017 |page=8|edition=HOME |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> due to the reputation of some of the premises in previous decades.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207388842 |title=FREMANTLE FANTASIES |newspaper=[[Truth (Perth newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=71 |location=Perth |date=26 November 1904 |access-date=17 March 2017 |page=4|edition=CITY |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79957553 |title=THE WILY CELESTIAL |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |volume=XXXIII |issue=12,052 |location=Western Australia |date=13 February 1914 |access-date=17 March 2017 |page=10|edition=THIRD |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Notes==
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{{Streets of Fremantle}}
[[Category:Streets in Fremantle]]
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