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Great Escapes Tour

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Inside the New Division.

Operating Times:
11:45am - 4:45pm
Departs:
Hourly
Availability:
7 days
Length:
1 hour 15 minutes
Wheelchair access:
Approx 40%

From shackles and isolation, to walls, gates, gun towers and razor wire, Fremantle Prison was designed and built as a place of incarceration.

Join our experienced guides to see where many daring and dangerous escapes were attempted by convicts and prisoners alike.

Become acquainted with bushrangers and escape artists, such as Moondyne Joe, and marvel at his escape proof cell.

Discover Death Row — was death the only means of escape from Death Row?

View the location of the famous Rubbish Truck Heist as you patrol The Bank.

Explore the Women’s Prison and be led through the rifle range as we entertain you with the stories and folklore of successful and unsuccessful escape attempts.

   

 
Opening hours:
Open to the public 7 days a week from 10.00am until 5.00pm (closed Good Friday and Christmas Day)
 
Location:
Fremantle Prison
The Terrace
FREMANTLE WA 6160
Telephone 08 9336 9200
Facsimile 08 9430 7188
E-mail: info@fremantleprison.com.au

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