These images show how the Prison has changed over the years.
Aerial Images
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c1935
View of Prison including limestone path leading to the
town of Fremantle.
Stuart Gore. Courtesy Battye Library. |
2008
Fremantle Prison showing changes in the built environment inside
and outside the Prison. |
Gatehouse
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1900-1920
Officers at Gatehouse entrance wearing pith helmets. Horse
and cart waiting outside entrance. |
2008
Restoration of Gatehouse facade to original features. Tour guides
and car outside entrance. |
Wray Gates and adjoining buildings
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1970s
Wray Gates with Parade Ground and Anglican Chapel behind. Officer standing by doorway to Non-Contacts Visitors Room while another stands guard on catwalk above. Courtesy of Local History Collection, Fremantle City Library. |
2008
Wray Gates with Parade Ground and Anglican Chapel behind. Tour guide standing by doorway to Non-Contacts Visitors Room, while another stands on catwalk above. |
Parade Ground and Main Cell Block
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c1909
Vegetable gardens in south east corner of Prison looking
towards the Parade Ground and Main Cell Block. One of the
earliest known photographs taken inside the Prison walls.
A lone guard keeps watch in the Parade Ground. |
2008
Area in the south east corner of Prison looking
towards the Parade Ground and Main Cell Block, now landscaped. |
Inside Main Cell Block
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1972
Main Cell Block Division 2 view south from EF landing. Toilet
buckets outside cells. |
2008
Main Cell Block Division 3 looking south. Lights indicate cells that were restored. |
Division 4 Yard
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1979
Basketball equipment used by prisoners during recreation
time. Shelter shed visible against back wall. |
2008
Shelter shed now in centre of yard. Only one basketball frame
remains. |
Number 18 The Terrace
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1911
Surgeon's House. Doctor Williams and family. His duties
included the Prison, Fremantle Women's Home and the
Quarantine Department.
Courtesy of Local History Collection, Fremantle City Library. |
2008
Changes to exterior, building now leased as offices. |
The Terrace - Facing south to Gatehouse
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Late 1800s
Northern end of The Terrace, view from No. 8.
J. Manning. Courtesy of Battye Library. |
2008
Northern end of the Terrace, shows addition of wall in front of houses and bitumen road. |
The Terrace - Facing north to Gatehouse
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1890-1900
Working party of prisoners in prison uniforms. |
2008
Public parking area. |