Fremantle Prison

Top 1% of attractions in Perth
9/10

4 expert reviews

“The only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Western Australia served as a prison for nearly 140 years.”

– Afar Magazine

Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
1 Star
"The only one of the country's major sites charting the history of its convicts to have been classified a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this colossal prison takes visitors back to the foundations of modern Australia and its forced settlement by convicts" Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"With its foreboding 5m-high walls, the old convict-era prison still dominates Fremantle." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"Even jails boasted attractive architecture in the 1850s. This limestone jail, built to house 1,000 inmates by convicts who no doubt ended up inside it, was Perth's maximum-security prison..." Full review


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