Fremantle Prison
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English: Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison on The Terrace, Fremantle, in Western Australia. The 6-hectare (15-acre) site includes the prison cellblocks, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, tunnels, and prisoner art. It was initially known as the Convict Establishment or The Establishment, constructed as a prison for convicts, using convict labour, between 1851 and 1859. The prison was transferred to the colonial government in 1886 for use for locally-sentenced prisoners. The prison remained open until 1991, when it was replaced by the new maximum-security Casuarina Prison.
Gatehouse complex[edit]
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Gatehouse exterior
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Gatehouse exterior with police cars infront
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Gatehouse exterior (close-up)
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Gatehouse exterior at night
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Clock at top of gethouse
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Interior, looking back towards entrance
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Inner gates
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Inner gates (close-up)
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Entrance, view from south-west, 1899
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Inner gates, 1909
Main Cell Block[edit]
Exterior[edit]
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North wing
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North wing
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Centre
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Centre
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South wing
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South wing, 1899
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South wing, 1909
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Centre, circa 1971
Interior corridors[edit]
One Division[edit]
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One Division
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One Division
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One Division
Three Division[edit]
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Three Division
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Three Division
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Three Division
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Three Division roof
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Three Division roof
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Three Divison floor: concrete overlay and original stone
Four Division[edit]
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Four Divison
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Four Division
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Interior corridor, 1899 (prior to separating into four divisions)
Cells[edit]
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One Division cell
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One Division cell
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Cell for dangerous prisoners, to protect other prisoners from them
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Cell for dangerous prisoners, to protect other prisoners from them
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Suicide-watch cell
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Reconstructed cell - 1852 to 1860
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Reconstructed cell - 1852 to 1860
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Reconstructed cell - 1860 to 1870
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Reconstructed cell - 1860 to 1870
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Reconstructed cell - 1870 to 1920
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Reconstructed cell - 1920 to 1960
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Reconstructed cell - 1960 to 1980
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Reconstructed cell - 1960 to 1980
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Reconstructed cell - 1980 to 1991
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Reconstructed cell - 1980 to 1991
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Moondyne Joe's cell
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Moondyne Joe's cell
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Large Four Division cell holding multiple prisoners
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View out to corridor from cell
Yards[edit]
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One Division yard
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One Division yard
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One Division yard, view from above
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Yard for prisoners separated under section 43 of the Prison Act, to keep them safe from other prisoners
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Two Division yard
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Two Division yard
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Two Division yard wall, with faded/damaged artwork
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Two Division yard, view from above
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Three Division yard, view from above
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Four Division yard, view from above
Kitchen and kitchen yard[edit]
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Kitchen
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Knife room and cage
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Kitchen in 1909
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Kitchen's yard, with toilets and showers that had doors
Solitary confinement and punishment yard[edit]
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Solitary confinement and punishment yard, view from above
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Punishment yard, behind solitary confinement
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Punishment yard, and solitary confinement wall
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Solitary confinement corridor
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Solitary confinement cell antechamber
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Solitary confinement cell
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Inside a darkened solitary confinement cell
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Solitary confinement cell 1, for condemned prisoners prior to execution
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Flogging post, outside solitary confinement
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Flogging post, side view
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Flogging post demonstration
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Flogging post at night
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solitary confinement door
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profile of solitary confinement door
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Door hinge with convict arrow indicating this was built by convicts
Execution chamber[edit]
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Prisoners would stand with the noose around their neck over the trap door, which was opened
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Prisoners who could not or would not stand up were seated in a chair over the trap door
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View down trap door
Chapels[edit]
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Anglican chapel interior
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The Anglican Chapel's 6th commandment has the unusual translation of "thou shalt do no murder" rather than "thou shalt not kill"
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Catholic chapel interior
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Catholic chapel's confessional
Theatre[edit]
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Prison theatre with stage
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Balcony in theatre, where female prisoners were segregated from male prisoners
Underground rooms[edit]
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current Stairs down to underground rooms
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original stairs to the underground rooms
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Morgue
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Morgue
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Food store
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meat locker
New Division[edit]
Exterior[edit]
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New Divison in the background, undergoing renovation works, view from south-west
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New Divison in the background, undergoing renovation works, view from south-east
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New Division renovation works(2015) viewed from the north
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Pipe coated in axle grease to prevent escape
Interior corridor[edit]
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Corridor, looking in
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Corridor, looking out
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Corridor, looking up
Cells[edit]
English: Prisoners were moved between their own individual day, night, and bathroom cells so each could be thoroughly searched every day.
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Day cell
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Night cell
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Bathroom cell
Yard[edit]
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The radiating, panoptician-style exercise yard in 1909. It was built in 1907 and demolished in 1912.
Women's Prison[edit]
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Gate to Women's Prison, through interior wall
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Corridor
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Cell
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Bathroom, with a single (cold) tap
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Roof, viewed from guard tower
The Terrace[edit]
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View north along The Terrace, with car park on left
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2, 4, and 6 The Terrace
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8 The Terrace
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10 The Terrace
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12 The Terrace
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10 and 12 The Terrace
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14 The Terrace
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16 The Terrace
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18 The Terrace
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Stables building
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The Terrace in 1899
Walls and Guard towers[edit]
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Broken glass on the top of the wall
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Close up of broken glass on the top of the wall
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Wire along top of yard wall
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Guard tower on East Workshops wall
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Guard tower from the exercise yard for Division 1
Workshops[edit]
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West Workshops exterior wall
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West Workshops exterior wall
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Bootmakers' workshop, 1909
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Print workshop, 1909
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Tailors' workshop, 1909
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East Workshops exterior wall
Tunnels, reservoir, and pumps[edit]
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Entrance to the tunnel system (inside East Workshops building)
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View straight down to the tunnels
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View straight down to the tunnels
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View straight down to the tunnels
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View straight down to the tunnels
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View straight down to the tunnels
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Safety equipment for tours in the tunnels
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Safety equipment for tours in the tunnels
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Winch to assist tourists up from the tunnels
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View inside the tunnels
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Reservoir exterior
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Reservoir entrance
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View across reservoir
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Pumps used in 1899
Hospital[edit]
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Hospital exterior
Paths and open spaces[edit]
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Fairbairn Street Ramp up to gatehouse, with Parry Street cutting across
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Path between New Division (left) and the Main Cell Block (right)
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Path and grass in front of West Workshops
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Path and grassed terrace behind and above Main Cell Block yards
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View (in front of Main Cell Block) across to South Knoll. The white line on the wall denotes the original ground level.
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Open spaces in front of Main Cell Block
People[edit]
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Former Superintendent S. Hope in 1899
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Superintendent W. A. George in 1909
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Chief Medical Officer Dr. J. W. Hope in 1909
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Group of officials in 1899
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Group of officials in 1909
Art[edit]
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1859 watercolour by Henry Wray
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1866 watercolour by T.H.J. Browne
Prisoners works[edit]
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Prsioner made matchstick model of gatehouse
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Art by James Walsh, circa 1859 to 1871
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Art by James Walsh, circa 1859 to 1871
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Art by James Walsh, circa 1859 to 1871
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Art by James Walsh, circa 1859 to 1871
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Art by James Walsh, circa 1859 to 1871
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Two Division exercise yard wall art
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Two Division exercise wall art fading away
Documents[edit]
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amnesty notification 1991, just prior to the transfer of the last prisoners before Fremantle Prison closed
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daily routine 1991
Prisoner messages[edit]
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An expression of love
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A fathers message to his children c1991
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graffiti in the pump room