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The West End is an area of Fremantle, Western Australia. The West End was the first area of Fremantle to. In recent years, the University of Notre Dame Australia has been responsible for buying and restoring

Location
The West End is located in the western part of the suburb of Fremantle. A variety of different definitions exist as to the exact constitution of the area. However, it is generally agreed that the West End is west of Market Street, south of the Fremantle railway line and Fremantle Harbour, and north of The Esplanade. A more general definition is that the West End constitutes all of Fremantle west of Market Street. According to listing on the Register of the National Estate, which was made on 21 October 1980, the boundaries of the Fremantle West End Conservation Area are as follows:

"“Commencing at the south-east corner of the intersection of Norfolk Street and Marine Terrace, along the south edge of Norfolk Street and its extension to include the Fremantle Oval Grandstand, then along the line of the stone wall on the south side of Fairbairn Street to Fothergill (John) Street, then via the south boundary of that street the Bellevue Terrace (Higham Street), then north along Bellevue Terrace and its line to the rear of properties facing Knutsford (Hill) Street, then to the latter street to include all properties facing Hampton Road, then westward along Knutsford Street to the rear boundaries of properties facing Holdsworth Street to Parry Street, then via Parry, Holdsworth, Queen, Henderson, William, Newman, and Adelaide Streets, to the north-east boundary of the Woolworths Building, then north-west along the boundary and its line to Cantonment Street, then north-west along the north-eat [sic] boundary of the property adjoining the Wesley Church on the north-east and the line of that boundary to Elder Place (former Bay Street), then directly to include the whole of Fremantle Railway Station, then south-west along the railway line to Arthurs Head, then along the base of the western extremity of the cliff on Arthurs Head, then south to include the Harbour and Lights boatshed, then east to the point of commencement.”"

Buildings
A number of colonial era buildings are located in the West End, many of which are registered with the Heritage Council of Western Australia. The Round House, built in 1830 and designed by Henry Willey Reveley, is the oldest building still standing in Western Australia. The Old German Consulate building was built for Laurman Rattazzi, the German Consul for Western Australia at the time, in 1903, and designed by architect E. H. Dean-Smith. The building was vacated in 1914 after Rattazzi and his family were interned at Rottnest Island after it was rumoured he was using the building to spy on ships coming in and out of the harbour. The building is currently used as a bed and breakfast. A number of buildings were constructed in the district after the construction of Fremantle Harbour in 1897, including the P&O Building, which was constructed in 1903 for the Australian Union Steamship Navigation Company and designed by the architect Charles Lancelot Oldham. It was later utilised by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, from which it takes its usual name, Maersk shipping, and as the Danish consulate building.