Fremantle ( 2001 ) states that there are six traditional bardo states known as the Six Bardos: the Bardo of This Life ( p. 55 ); the Bardo of Meditation ( p. 58 ); the Bardo of Dream ( p. 62 ); the Bardo of Dying ( p. 64 ); the Bardo of Dharmata ( p. 65 ); and the Bardo of Existence ( p. 66 ).

Life in Fremantle was hard.

** Fremantle Football Club, a team in the Australian Football League commonly referred to as the " Freo Dockers "

Yachts compete in the annual Club Marine Fremantle Harbour Classic, held within the confines of Fremantle Port

Organised Australian rules football was first played in Fremantle in the early 1880s with the Fremantle Football Club, a founding member of the West Australian Football Association in 1885.

Founded in 1882, the Fremantle-based Unions Football Club entered WAFA in 1886, attracting many players from the original Fremantle club, and went on to dominate the competition with ten premiership victories.

The Fremantle Croatia Soccer Club is supported by local Croatian Australians.

The children's television series The Sleepover Club and Streetsmartz — premiering in 2003 and 2005 respectively — were shot and set in Fremantle.

The club is one of two Australian Football League clubs based in Western Australia, with the other being the Fremantle Football Club.

The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ).

The names " Fremantle Football Club ", " Fremantle Dockers " and club colours were announced on 12 July 1994.

Fremantle Football Club logo 1997 – 2010 showing former team colours red and green

However, since the introduction of two Western Australia-based clubs into the VFL ( later renamed the Australian Football League ) – the West Coast Eagles in 1987 and the Fremantle Football Club in 1995 – the popularity and standard of the league has decreased to the point where it is considered a feeder competition to the AFL.

* In 1995 / 96 Lawrence was named " Number One Ticket-Holder " for the Fremantle Football Club.

* Steve Harris ( Australian businessman ), president of the Fremantle Football Club since 2009 and managing director of The Brand Agency

In April 2010, Eskimo Joe were announced as number-one ticket-holder for the Fremantle Football Club, replacing golfer Nick O ' Hern.

Notable citizens originating from Narrandera include the Governor of New South Wales Marie Bashir ; Australian Rules footballer, Tim Ruffles, who plays for the Fremantle Football Club ; Daniel Christian ( Australian Cricketer ); Prima ballerina Kathleen Gorham ; and Patrick Hartigan ( a Catholic priest, poet and author who used the pen name, " John O ' Brien "): the bush ethos celebrated by Hartigan in his writings is commemorated in the annual John O ' Brien Bush Festival held in the town.

In October 2007, West Coast Eagles player Adam Selwood commenced legal proceedings against Laws over comments made about him regarding a mid-year incident involving Fremantle Football Club player Des Headland.

Statue by Robert Hitchcock outside Fremantle Oval of South Fremantle Football Club | South Fremantle's John Gerovich taking a " specky " over East Fremantle Football Club | East Fremantle's Ray French in the 1956 West Australian Football League | WANFL preliminary final

Fremantle has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate.

Fremantle has seen many industrial conflicts, the most famous of which occurred in 1919 when rioting broke out during " the lumpers ' strike ", resulting in one death and many injuries.

Fremantle has been represented by some significant Australian political figures.

The City of Fremantle has published a range of sheets related to the history of the port including:

Fremantle also has an independent local radio station Radio Fremantle 107. 9FM.

Fremantle has subsequently served as a stopover in the Clipper, VELUX and Volvo round-the-world yacht races, and hosted the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, a major qualifying event for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

East Fremantle Oval has been the team's home ground since 1953.

As in many other parts of Australia, Fremantle has seen a rise in popularity of association football ( soccer ) since the arrival of Southern European immigrants.

Alternative rock / folk groups The Waifs, Little Birdy and Eskimo Joe all have connections with Fremantle, and belong to what has been dubbed the ' Freo Sound '.

Fremantle has twin-town relationships with five other cities.

Fremantle also has friendship-city relationships with three cities:

Australia has three architectural listings on UNESCO's World Heritage list: Australian Convict Sites ( comprising a collection of separate sites around Australia, including Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, Port Arthur in Tasmania, and Fremantle Prison in Western Australia ); the Sydney Opera House ; and the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.

Over 100 years of continued use of Fremantle Harbour by heavy shipping has erased all doubt concerning O ' Connor's technical judgement.

Fremantle has not won a premiership, nor played in a grand final, during its time in the AFL.

For over 100 years it has been represented by two strong clubs in the West Australian Football League: East Fremantle and South Fremantle.

The Socialist Alliance has had only one electoral success, electing Sam Wainwright to Fremantle City Council in 2009.

The University has campuses in Fremantle, Western Australia, Broome, Western Australia and in two locations in Sydney, New South Wales.

The University of Notre Dame Australia opened in Western Australia in December 1989 and now has over 9000 students on three campuses in Fremantle, Sydney and Broome.

It has a population of about 14, 300 people ( 2011 census ), of whom about 25 % were born overseas, mostly in the United Kingdom, and has a landmark high-rise hotel, the Rendezvous Observation City, originally built in 1986 for Alan Bond whose intention was to profit from anticipated accommodation demand when the 1987 America's Cup challenge was held at nearby Fremantle.

Chris Tarrant ( born 18 September 1980 ) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Collingwood Football Club, and has also played for the Fremantle Football Club.

Two schoolfriends, who had also been evacuated from Singapore to Batavia, heard that Gorton was in hospital, arranged for them to be put on a ship for Fremantle, which left on 23 February and treated Gorton's wounds.

Songs by these and other artists have been written about Fremantle ; the city is the setting for the title track of Paul Kelly's 1987 album Under the Sun, and The Waifs ' 2004 single " Bridal Train " follows a World War II-era war bride on a journey from Fremantle to the USA.

Episodes of the BBC World documentary television series Peschardt's People have been filmed in Fremantle, including an episode with Australian actress Toni Collette and another with Fremantle-based English comedian Ben Elton.

Morshead arrived in Fremantle on 19 February 1943 where he was welcomed home by Lieutenant General Gordon Bennett, who had been his division commander between the wars.

Fremantle is a safe Labor seat which had once been held by Labor Prime Minister John Curtin, and later, Whitlam-era Education Minister Kim Beazley senior.

Two vessels of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Fremantle for the city of Fremantle, Western Australia:

*, an S class destroyer of the Royal Navy transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1919 was to have been renamed HMAS Fremantle, but the renaming order was rescinded in 1920

The possible move to Fremantle had been heavily criticised in some circles, partly as a result of the club's recent history in drafting mature-age recruits, but it has been applauded in other circles as the club gave up virtually nothing to land him.

Prescott's replacement is former assistant coach, Roger Kerr ( former East Fremantle player and father of West Coast Eagles player, Daniel Kerr ), who has been given a two year contract.

RTRFM established the Fremantle Winter Music Festival in 2004, which has since been held annually in multiple venues throughout Fremantle.

The 1969 edition has been wiped but the 1972 edition – featuring a goose that the cast are chasing for Christmas dinner – exists in the Thames TV archive which is owned by Fremantle Media.

Over the years, Fremantle has been held by a succession of senior Labor figures.

On arriving in Western Australia, the Bussells found that all of the good farm land around Perth and Fremantle had already been granted, and were advised by the Governor, Sir James Stirling, to form a sub-colony in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin.

Fremantle, despite unspoken rules of engagement which did not require him to engage ships larger than his own, used his superior speed to overtake the 80-gun Ça Ira, which had been damaged in a collision.

Fremantle Station has been undergoing a program of staged conservation and restoration works in line with a conservation plan prepared in 1999.