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Freo Today. 13 November 2026. Fremantle’s time ball, Arthur Head. Dropped daily at 1pm with a cannon blast, it once let ships set their chronometers. From 1900 until 1937, a cannon at Arthur Head was fired at exactly one o’clock as the ball dropped, so vessels moored offshore could verify their chronometers. The ball is painted black so it can be spotted easily through telescopes. The tradition was revived by volunteers in 1998. Pic by Jean Hudson

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in Shipping & Sailing
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in Beaches
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in Life, Law & Culture
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