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Thread #69774   Message #1187041
Posted By: Bob Bolton
17-May-04 - 12:29 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bridal Train (The Waifs)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bridal Train - Oz girls marry WWII GIs
G'day Sandra,

Actually: Fremantle ... pronounced Fr'uh'mantle ... named after the Pommy Admiral who, in 1829, took possession of the western end of Australia ... the half the Dutch thought was New Holland - and we now call Western Australia.

Regards,

Bob Bolton