- Local Aboriginal-owned native food and event company Gather Hospitality Group announces new development for Victoria Quay
- The food and art experience will occupy two large bays of the heritage-listed port workshops
- The new development will showcase Indigenous culture to visitors to the waterfront precinct
Gather Hospitality Group (Gather) will be a new long-term tenant on the Victoria Quay waterfront precinct in Fremantle, offering an indigenous food and art experience.
A Fremantle Ports tender sought to further activate the precinct by repurposing a portion of one of the 1950s heritage industrial workshops into a successful waterfront and world-class entertainment tourism destination.
Gather, an established local Aboriginal-owned native food manufacturing and event experience company, will introduce Australia's first Aboriginal immersive food and art experience.
The precinct will incorporate a caf, specialist retail, Aboriginal art and literature corner, event space and a world-first permanent state-of-the-art immersive art experience that will bring 60,000 years of ancient knowledge and culture to life through advanced digital technology displays.
Gather will occupy approximately 1,125 square metres of the total workshop buildings, adjacent to Workshop Lane and near the Maritime Museum.
The workshop's heritage-listed architecture will be fully retained and enhanced under the design leadership of Noongar interior design business Leah Paige Designs.
The new venue is scheduled to open in late 2026.
As stated by Heritage and Creative Industries Minister Simone McGurk:
"Gather will bring an exciting new dimension to Victoria Quay, showcasing for visitors the deep historical and cultural significance of Walyalup.
"Heritage architect input would be part of the redevelopment process to ensure the building's heritage integrity is preserved and celebrated.
"Victoria Quay continues to evolve, and this new development will occur alongside the redevelopment of B Shed as a Rottnest departure point and performance space."
As stated by Ports Minister Stephen Dawson:
"Fremantle Ports, supported by the Cook Government, have been working to further activate the Victoria Quay precinct by repurposing a portion of the heritage industrial workshops into a hospitality and entertainment precinct.
"The proposal by Gather Hospitality Group promises to be a wonderful re-use of the heritage workshops, which were used by port trades people.
"Gather will offer a unique experience, bringing together cruise visitors, tourists and locals to dine and interact with WA's Aboriginal heritage."
