A Civic Wiki for Freo

FreoWiki is a civic wiki for the people of Fremantle, Western Australia. It is being established under the auspices of the Fremantle Society, and is open to everyone's contributions (i.e. your's!).

A civic wiki (or city wiki) is a central information hub and social network for a geographical area, that anyone may contribute to. It's a knowledge base about a city; a place to find out (as well as record) what's going on; a shared calendar of events; an online repository for photographs and other digital media; and much more. You could think of it a bit like a Wikipedia for a particular community — and just like Wikipedia, a civic wiki depends on everyone's involvement in order to become a useful, and used, resource.

(By the way, the wiki in the name just indicates that every page can be edited by anyone reading it, just by clicking the edit link at the bottom left.)

Freo has an amazing community, and there is a huge amount going on. People are dedicated to making this a wonderful place to live. Living here isn't just about having a roof over your head; there's a particular vibe here, a 'Freo way of life'. This site is about connecting with this, learning about it and encouraging it.

There are many websites about particular aspects of Fremantle — the Herald, blogs, venues, churches, the CoF, etc. — but no single, overarching, site to go to that connects all these. FreoWiki is the place to post event announcements, news, and other snippets of information that don't really fit in elsewhere on the web (no need to create a wordpress.com blog, for example, to advertise a one-off event).

See other towns' exciting examples of civic wikis: Portland; Karlsruhe; Davis; London; or Córdoba. There are many others!

You can edit this website! Anyone in the Fremantle community can add whatever content they want here. Find out how…

• FreoWiki itself is currently the main focus of work on FreoWiki. We're trying to explain how you can get involved with adding your own content here: if you have a business, community group, or other interest in Freo, you can create your own area of FreoWiki, to show it to the rest of us!

On other fronts…

• We are attempting to compile a comprehensive register of significant buildings. Anyone can contribute information, photos, plans, or anything that will tell the stories of our built heritage.
• Part of the above involves scanning hundreds of photos that the Fremantle Society took thirty years ago for their comprehensive 1978 photographic survey of every building in town.
• Help map Freo by contributing to the OpenStreetMap!
• Old editions of Fremantle, the Fremantle Society's newsletter, are being uploaded to this website and indexed.
• Add your projects here!

Beaconsfield, Hilton, North Fremantle, O'Connor, Samson, South Fremantle, White Gum Valley.

High Street, Queen Street, others….

National Hotel, Victoria Hall, Oriana Cinema, others…

Corner of High and Queen Streets; Beaconsfield Mews.

Angels Café, Dee's African International Salon, Fusion Café, La Tropicana, Petals Florist, Raine and Horne, Salon Express, Profile Photography, Tasty Express Café, Tasty@B Shed Café, Moore & Moore Café, Glen Cowans underwater photography & gallery, Mrs Browns winebar, XWray Café, Little Creatures, Clancys Fishpub, Ped's Thai. See also historical businesses.

Fremantle Primary School, John Curtin College of the Arts, White Gum Valley Primary School, South Fremantle Senior High School, East Fremantle Primary School, St Patricks Primary School, North Fremantle Primary School, Hamilton Hill Primary School, Beaconsfield Primary School, Hilton Primary School, Christ the King School.

Fremantle City Council.

Precincts: Fremantle Inner City Residents Association (FICRA), Fremantle Society, Gibson Park, Hilton, North Fremantle Community Association (NFCA), O'Connor, Samson, South City Area, South Fremantle, White Gum Valley.