Fremantle Prison
Limestone prison quarried and built by the convicts it would hold, and the largest convict-built structure in Western Australia. It stayed in use as a maximum-security gaol for 136 years.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1852 CE disputed
convict-built construction begins on the main cell block source - 1855 CE mainstream
gatehouse and entry complex completed by convict labour source - 1886 CE mainstream
transferred to the colonial government for local prisoners source - 1991 CE mainstream
prison closed source
Where
32.0550° S, 115.7535° E
Sources
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