Fremantle Prison

Fremantle Prison buildings, wall, and tunnels. North is at the left side of this diagram.

Legend

Cell blocks

Workshops

Hospital

Reservoir building

Tunnels

Wall

Gatehouse and houses on The Terrace

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

Gatehouse exterior
Gatehouse exterior with police cars infront
Gatehouse exterior (close-up)
Gatehouse exterior at night
Clock at top of gethouse
Interior, looking back towards entrance
Inner gates
Inner gates (close-up)
Entrance, view from south-west, 1899
Inner gates, 1909

Main Cell Block

Exterior

North wing
North wing
Centre
Centre
South wing
South wing, 1899
South wing, 1909
Centre, circa 1971

Interior corridors

One Division

One Division
One Division
One Division

Three Division

Three Division
Three Division
Three Division
Three Division roof
Three Division roof
Three Divison floor: concrete overlay and original stone

Four Division

Four Divison
Four Division
Interior corridor, 1899 (prior to separating into four divisions)

Cells

One Division cell
One Division cell
Cell for dangerous prisoners, to protect other prisoners from them
Cell for dangerous prisoners, to protect other prisoners from them
Suicide-watch cell
Reconstructed cell - 1852 to 1860
Reconstructed cell - 1852 to 1860
Reconstructed cell - 1860 to 1870
Reconstructed cell - 1860 to 1870
Reconstructed cell - 1870 to 1920
Reconstructed cell - 1920 to 1960
Reconstructed cell - 1960 to 1980
Reconstructed cell - 1960 to 1980
Reconstructed cell - 1980 to 1991
Reconstructed cell - 1980 to 1991
Moondyne Joe's cell
Moondyne Joe's cell
Large Four Division cell holding multiple prisoners
View out to corridor from cell

Yards

One Division yard
One Division yard
One Division yard, view from above
Yard for prisoners separated under section 43 of the Prison Act, to keep them safe from other prisoners
Two Division yard
Two Division yard
Two Division yard wall, with faded/damaged artwork
Two Division yard, view from above
Three Division yard, view from above
Four Division yard, view from above

Kitchen and kitchen yard

Kitchen
Knife room and cage
Kitchen in 1909
Kitchen's yard, with toilets and showers that had doors

Solitary confinement and punishment yard

Solitary confinement and punishment yard, view from above
Punishment yard, behind solitary confinement
Punishment yard, and solitary confinement wall
Solitary confinement corridor
Solitary confinement cell antechamber
Solitary confinement cell
Inside a darkened solitary confinement cell
Solitary confinement cell 1, for condemned prisoners prior to execution
Flogging post, outside solitary confinement
Flogging post, side view
Flogging post demonstration
Flogging post at night
solitary confinement door
profile of solitary confinement door
Door hinge with convict arrow indicating this was built by convicts

Execution chamber

Prisoners would stand with the noose around their neck over the trap door, which was opened
Prisoners who could not or would not stand up were seated in a chair over the trap door
View down trap door

Chapels

Anglican chapel interior
The Anglican Chapel's 6th commandment has the unusual translation of "thou shalt do no murder" rather than "thou shalt not kill"
Catholic chapel interior
Catholic chapel's confessional

Theatre

Prison theatre with stage
Balcony in theatre, where female prisoners were segregated from male prisoners

Underground rooms

current Stairs down to underground rooms
original stairs to the underground rooms
Morgue
Morgue
Food store
meat locker

New Division

Exterior

New Divison in the background, undergoing renovation works, view from south-west
New Divison in the background, undergoing renovation works, view from south-east
New Division renovation works(2015) viewed from the north
Pipe coated in axle grease to prevent escape

Interior corridor

Corridor, looking in
Corridor, looking out
Corridor, looking up

Cells

English: Prisoners were moved between their own individual day, night, and bathroom cells so each could be thoroughly searched every day.

Day cell
Night cell
Bathroom cell

Yard

The radiating, panoptician-style exercise yard in 1909. It was built in 1907 and demolished in 1912.

Women's Prison

Gate to Women's Prison, through interior wall
Corridor
Cell
Bathroom, with a single (cold) tap
Roof, viewed from guard tower

The Terrace

View north along The Terrace, with car park on left
2, 4, and 6 The Terrace
8 The Terrace
10 The Terrace
12 The Terrace
10 and 12 The Terrace
14 The Terrace
16 The Terrace
18 The Terrace
Stables building
The Terrace in 1899

Walls and Guard towers

Broken glass on the top of the wall
Close up of broken glass on the top of the wall
Wire along top of yard wall
Guard tower on East Workshops wall
Guard tower from the exercise yard for Division 1

Workshops

West Workshops exterior wall
West Workshops exterior wall
Bootmakers' workshop, 1909
Print workshop, 1909
Tailors' workshop, 1909
East Workshops exterior wall

Tunnels, reservoir, and pumps

Entrance to the tunnel system (inside East Workshops building)
View straight down to the tunnels
View straight down to the tunnels
View straight down to the tunnels
View straight down to the tunnels
View straight down to the tunnels
Safety equipment for tours in the tunnels
Safety equipment for tours in the tunnels
Winch to assist tourists up from the tunnels
View inside the tunnels
Reservoir exterior
Reservoir entrance
View across reservoir
Pumps used in 1899

Hospital

Hospital exterior

Paths and open spaces

Fairbairn Street Ramp up to gatehouse, with Parry Street cutting across
Path between New Division (left) and the Main Cell Block (right)
Path and grass in front of West Workshops
Path and grassed terrace behind and above Main Cell Block yards
View (in front of Main Cell Block) across to South Knoll. The white line on the wall denotes the original ground level.
Open spaces in front of Main Cell Block