Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware this website contains images, voices and names of people who have died.

The Fremantle Arts Centre (formerly the lunatic asylum)

Convict labour built many of what are now Western Australia’s most treasured heritage sites such as Government House and the Perth Town Hall, and significant sites in Fremantle such as the Fremantle Prison and the Fremantle Arts Centre, formerly the lunatic asylum.

Source

Photo Stuart Sevastos CC BY 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fremantle_Arts_Centre_2009.jpg

Copy rights image

Details

+ -

Themes:

Type:

Related resources

Defining moment

View of a heritage building through arc-shaped gates.

Convict transportation ends

Learning module

A series of huts with gerry-rigged frames from which are suspended what appear to be canvas chutes extending down into holes in the ground. In the foreground three men are working around a pony and cart, which is filled with soil.

Colonial Australia Defining Moments, 1788–1900

Video

Australian Journey Episode 06 Captivity Narratives

Australian Journey Episode 06: Captivity Narratives

Defining moment

Colourful illustration showing men pushing wheelbarrows on a construction site, with ships in the background.

Convict transportation peaks