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Fremantle Prison is one of Western Australia’s most fascinating and significant cultural attractions. Choose from our range of exciting tours.
Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western Australia. The site includes the prison cellblocks, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, and tunnels.
Choose from our range of exciting tours. Visit Fremantle Prison one of Western Australia’s most fascinating cultural attractions.
Fremantle Prison is one of Western Australia’s most fascinating and significant cultural attractions. The history of Fremantle Prison dates back to the early beginnings of Western Australia and its role in the development of this State is unparalleled.
Fremantle Prison is one of Western Australia's premier cultural heritage sites and tourist attractions. It is the state's only world heritage-listed building and the only world heritage-listed site in the Perth metropolitan region.
The history of Fremantle Prison, a former Australian prison in Fremantle, Western Australia, extends from its construction as a prison for convicts, using convict labour, in the 1850s, through to its modern-day usage as a tourist attraction.
Aug 1, 2005 · Fremantle Prison contains fascinating structures that were built over the 133-year period it operated as a prison. Perhaps the most striking is the austere Main Cell Block, which is Australia's largest and longest, measuring some 145 metres long and four storeys high.
It is the largest convict built structure in Western Australia and the most intact convict establishment in the nation. In 2010, Fremantle Prison became the first building in Western Australia to be included on the World Heritage list.
Fremantle Prison was the main convict barracks and prison in Western Australia. Constructed by convict labour between 1852 and 1859, the Prison is representative of the use of penal transportation to expand Britain’s geo-political spheres of influence, to punish criminals and deter crime in Britain.
Fremantle Prison is one of Western Australia's premier cultural heritage sites situated on 6 hectares. It was built by convict labour in the 1850s and decommissioned as an operating gaol in 1991. It was the last convict prison built in Australia and remains the most intact.
