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SOUTH FREMANTLE POWER STATION

MEDIA ARTICLES

i IS LEGEND

Council

Creative

Heritage

History

Incidents

Issues

Poison

Redevelopment

Scary Stuff

Security

Selling the Power Station

2022

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February 10 - South Freo power station shrouded in mystery - It's sold but who's the buyer? (Fremantle Shipping News)

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February 14 - It makes no sense’: Mysteries surround purchase of South Fremantle Power Station (6PR 882 News Talk)

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February 16 - South Freo power station sale saga persists (Fremantle Shipping News)

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February 22 - Who bought South Fremantle power station? (Freo's View)

2021

Building

March 5 - South Freo Power (Sunset Coast)

History

April 22 - A crime of two centuries: The South Fremantle power station (Fremantle Shipping News)

Creative

April 24 - Who says poetry and power station's don't mix? (Fremantle Shipping News)

Heritage

June 14 - Heritage registration finalised for State landmarks (Government of Western Australia Media Statements)

Sale made

June 23 - For sale! South Freo Power Station (Freo's View)

Building

June 23 - South Fremantle Power Station to be sold for redevelopment (Government of Western Australia Media Statements)

Building

June 23 - South Freo power station - State attempts to address crime of two centuries (Fremantle Shipping News)

Sale made

June 23 - State Government announces South Fremantle Power Station to be sold for redevelopment (Synergy)

Heritage

June 23 - State overlooks 'missing link' in shared horse heritage (StreetWise Media)

Building

June 24 - Light rail, tourism and a property windfall: How a power station facelift could reshape Freo’s coast (WAtoday)

Sale made

June 24 - Sale of derelict South Fremantle Power Station raises questions (The Market Herald)

Sale made

June 24 - WA earmarks sale of beachside power station (The Mandarin)

Scary stuff

June 24 - 5 of the world’s creepiest abandoned power stations (ESD News)

Sale made

June 25 - Power to revolution (Fremantle Herald Interactive)

Sale made

June 25 - Serious concerns raised about the rushed sale process for South Fremantle Power Station (Liberal Western Australia)

Creative

June 25 - Striking images from a beautiful mind (Fremantle Herald Interactive)

Building

June 25 - Transport solution must be part of power station deal (Fremantle Herald Interactive)

Sale made

June 28 - Abandoned power station to get new life (ESD News)

Building

June 29 - The South Fremantle power station redevelopment puzzle - Issues and questions (Fremantle Shipping News)

Sale made

July 1 - The EOI and sale process for the power station - A public trust (Fremantle Shipping News)

Building

July 8 - Power to the People (Fremantle Herald Interactive)

Sale made

August 26 - City of Cockburn wants to have a say on South Fremantle Power Station future (PerthNow)

Building

October 18 - What's happening with the sale of the South Fremantle power station? (Fremantle Shipping News)

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2020

Building

June 23 - No concrete plans for South Fremantle Power Station redevelopment (Cockburn Gazette)

Creative

October 29 - Ink & Anchor's Ross Scotland reveals how a team of artists created the jaw-dropping South Fremantle Power Station graffiti (PerthNow)

2019

Building

November 26 - Rumoured Plans for the South Fremantle Power Station (Coogee Life)

2018

Council

February 9 - 'Blight on landscape': More 'realistic' plan urged for Freo's iconic power station (WAtoday)

Council

February 19 - City of Cockburn want to open South Fremantle power station to public (The West Australian)

Council

February 19 - South Fremantle power station ripe for redevelopment says City of Cockburn (PerthNow)

Building

February 20 - The Cockburn power station - What should we do with it? (SoPerth)

Creative

July 26 - Raid plan off the plant (Fremantle Herald Interactive)

Redevelopment

September 28 - Potential realised for coastal gem (The West Australian)

2017

Creative

February 7 - South Fremantle Power Station: Squadron of restored fighter plantes

2016

Baby

April 19 - Perth’s biggest eyesores crying out for attention (The West Australian)

Incidents

May 1 - Man, 24, dies after falling from old South Fremantle power station (Mandurah Mail)

Incidents

May 2 - Redevelopment of old South Fremantle power station 'at least 10 years off' (Mandurah Mail)

Incidents

May 2 - Witness to South Fremantle power station death 'begged' man to stop climbing (WAtoday)

Security

May 4 - Power station death raises security grey area for authorities (The Quenda)

Redevelopment

May 6 - Long wait for face lift (Fremantle Herald Interactive)

Incidents

May 7 - Family's plea to raze power station (The West Australian)

Incidents

May 11 - Fremantle Power Station death: 'we'll never be the same, please fix this now' (WAtoday)

Redevelopment

June 22 - Stage 1 of Shoreline development complete (Government of Western Australia Media Statements)

Incidents

August 24 - Different place, same result: Perth mum warns power stations could kill again (WAtoday)

History

August 31 - Once a prosperous power station in North Coogee, the South Fremantle Power Station now lies empty and abandoned for over three decades (The Vintage News)

Creative

October 28 - New "draconian" anti-graffiti laws hit Perth (The Quenda)

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