Fremantle Prison
The Fremantle Prison is a former prison in Fremantle. It is listed on the Australian National Heritage List [1] and on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the eleven Australian Convict Sites.
History
It was used as a prison intermittently from 1855 to 1991, and as a maximum security prison in more recent years.[2]
Today the former prison is used exclusively for tourism. In addition to visits and various guided tours, there is also a youth hostel in the former prison.[3]
Fremantle Prison Media
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The entrance to Fremantle Prison is through a gatehouse in a medieval style
Iron gates were constructed by the Sappers and Miners in 1855.
A re-creation of typical 1855 cell accommodation
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Main Cell Block internal arrangement
1859 watercolour of the Main Cell Block, by Henry Wray
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The interior of YHA Australia Fremantle Prison hostel in 2024
Comptroller General Edmund Henderson
References
- ↑ http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/fremantle-prison retrieved on September 3 2015
- ↑ Fremantle Prison Timeline - History - Fremantle Prison, Western Australia. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ↑ Fremantle Prison YHA, Official site of the youth hostel.
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