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Fremantle Prison

UNESCO-listed convict site

Last Daylight

Convict toil built this maximum-security prison in Perth, a World-Heritage site dating from 1850. Decommissioned in 1991, it still retains a sense of menace with its haunting gallows and solitary-confinement cells.

Daytime guided tours offer gripping insight into the prison and its inmates, some of whom pulled off audacious escapes. After-dark Torchlight Tours – run on Wednesday and Friday nights – are especially atmospheric and ideal for those who like goosebumps; book evening tours online in advance.

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1 The Terrace, Fremantle

Opening hours: Daily 9am-5pm

Admission: 75min tour adult/child $22/12, 90min Torchlight Tour $28/18

Transport: Transperth trains run between central Perth and Fremantle. The prison is a 1.5km walk east of Fremantle station.

fremantleprison.com.au

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Text © Cristian Bonetto

Image by Natalie Maguire