Australia's Heritage - National Treasures. Episode 3, Fremantle Prison / writer/director, Matthew Thomason ; producer, Hugh Piper.
Built by convicts in the 1850s, Fremantle Prison is the best-preserved convict-built prison in Australia and is part of the earliest phase of European settlement in Western Australia. One of the last remaining links to the days of transportation, the prison was notorious for harsh conditions, includ...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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Australia :
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia,
2009.
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| Summary: | Built by convicts in the 1850s, Fremantle Prison is the best-preserved convict-built prison in Australia and is part of the earliest phase of European settlement in Western Australia. One of the last remaining links to the days of transportation, the prison was notorious for harsh conditions, including isolation in tiny cells. The conditions triggered wild riots in 1988 and the prison was decommissioned in 1991. Evidence of the hardships remains in the National Heritage-listed prison, including a flogging post, gallows and tunnels carved into its limestone foundations by prisoners. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed August 03, 2015) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (5 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:05:16 |
| Language: | In English. |