Owen Anchorage

Owen Anchorage is an anchorage located between Woodman Point and Fremantle, in Western Australia.

It has also been known as Owen's Anchorage.[1][2]

Before the completion of the Fremantle Harbour inner harbour on the Swan River, it was considered as an integral part of the harbour facilities.[3] It is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of Fremantle, and was originally known as Britannia Roads.[4] It is closer to the coastline than Success Bank and Parmelia Bank, and lies to the north of Cockburn Sound, and south of Gage Roads.

  1. ^ "OWEN'S ANCHORAGE". Fremantle Herald. Vol. 2, no. 71. Western Australia. 7 August 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 29 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Archdeacon, W. E; Coode, John Sir (1913), Western Australia : Owen's Anchorage & Cockburn Sound : plan to accompany Sir John Coode's report, dated 14th August 1891, Hydrographic Dept.?], retrieved 29 January 2017
  3. ^ "VESSELS IN HARBOR". The Herald. Vol. XVIII, no. 40. Western Australia. 25 October 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 30 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ p.217 of Murray, Ian; Hercock, Marion; Murray, Ian; Hercock, Marion (2008), Where on the coast is that?, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-452-2