Fremantle Prison

We arrived in Fremantle for a little touristy time. Today we visited the Fremantle Prison. The prison was built in the 1850's by the prisoners and was closed in 1991.
The walls were all made by limestone quarried on site and nearly all other materials were bought in from Great Britain. The ships that brought the prisoners over were dismantled and used in the prison. The York stone floor was the ballast from the ships.
There was no running water in the cells prisoners would do their business in a bucket that was emptied every morning up until it closed in 1991.
We did two tours, the convict and behind the bars very interesting.
Tomorrow we go to Rottnest Island.Read more