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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 21/06/2026 00:03:00

Rising 82.5 metres in copper and glass beside the Swan River, the Bell Tower at Barrack Square is one of Perth's most recognisable landmarks. It was built as Western Australia's millennium project and handed over to the public in December 2000, designed by the local architects Hames Sharley. The tower exists to house the Swan Bells, a ring of eighteen change-ringing bells. Twelve of them came from the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, beside Trafalgar Square in London, and are recorded as exis...