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Perth Gaol

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Australian Prisons
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Latitude
-31.9496
Longitude
115.862
Start Date
1854
End Date
1888

Description

The transportation of convicts to Western Australia from 1850 provided a labour force for public works, and a need for a facility to house inmates near the city. Initially the gaol was used for colonially-convicted prisoners, but from 1858 such prisoners were transferred to Fremantle Prison and Perth Gaol was used as accommodation for convicts transported from Britain. In 1875 the gaol reverted to use as a prison for locally-convicted inmates, following the cessation of transportation to Western Australia in 1868.?By 1886 there were reports that the gaol was overcrowded, and the prison closed in 1888. Since 1891 the building has been used as a museum, originally for geological and natural history artefacts. The gaol now forms part of the larger Western Australian museum complex, sitting behind the main building.

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