Fremantle Prison is one of Western Australia's premier heritage sites. Its conservation and future use approach to the management of the precinct has ensured the history and significance of the place are maintained while providing for continuing use of the site.

All works at the site are guided by the Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance — The Burra Charter and the document Fremantle Prison: a policy for its conservation prepared by James Semple Kerr in 1992 and reviewed by the author in 1998.

The Minister for Works, Department of Housing and Works and the Fremantle Prison Trust are committed to best practice in heritage management. Visit the following pages to find out more about heritage management at the Fremantle Prison Precinct.