Cantonment Hill, Fremantle

Cantonment Hill
Dwerda Weelardinup, Walyarup
Limestone
Cantonment Hill signal station
Cantonment Hill
Location within Perth metropolitan area
Interactive map of Cantonment Hill
Coordinates: 32°2′37″S 115°45′19″E / 32.04361°S 115.75528°E / -32.04361; 115.75528
LocationFremantle, Western Australia
OperatorCity of Fremantle
Area
 • Total2.31 ha (5.7 acres)
Elevation33.9 m (111 ft)
32°2′37.05″S 115°45′18.89″E / 32.0436250°S 115.7552472°E / -32.0436250; 115.7552472

Cantonment Hill is a small rise overlooking the port city of Fremantle, Western Australia. Since the early 1900s the hill and the surrounding 4-hectare (9.9-acre) precinct has been mainly used for military purposes with extensive buildings now present. It has been under the control of the Department of Defence.

The area is known by the indigenous Whadjuk people as Dwerda Weelardinup, meaning 'place of the dingo spirit' and the peak is also referred to as Walyarup, meaning 'sea eagle nest'.

The site includes the last remaining stand of pre-European settlement Rottnest Island pine (Callitris preissii) on the mainland of Western Australia.

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