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An Apollonaut travel guide
Look a little closer.
Read through the builders, the prisoners and the walls. Each is a different way to begin a visit.
On this page
Ways into the story
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The Convict Establishment
Begin with the Journal’s account of how convicts built the prison.
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People and place
Follow the heritage introduction into the prison’s longer history, from 1851 to the World Heritage List.
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A city in detail
Explore Fremantle through the Building Fremantle guide.
Stories with a clear point of view
A useful story gives you something specific to notice: a building, a date, a change over time or a question worth carrying into a visit. Context matters as much as a striking image.
This hub brings Fremantle Prison’s editorial pages together. It does not present commissioned interviews, community projects or independent field reporting that have not taken place. When new reporting is added, its contributors, dates and image credits should travel with it.
