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AU WA S1817
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LETTERBOOKS: SHERIFF AND INSPECTOR OF PRISONS
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- 1885-01-01 - 1904-12-31 (Creation)
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AU WA A214 - GAOLS DEPARTMENT
(1890-01-01 - 1947-01-01)
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A Gaols Department appears to be a sub-department of the Colonial Secretary's Office by 1890. In 1947 the Gaols Department was renamed the Prisons Department.
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AU WA A442 - CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT
(1850-01-01 - 1887-04-30)
Administrative history
In 1850, a Board of Directors of convict prisons was set up in England. Fremantle Prison was built as a convict establishment by the British government in the 1850s as a result of the decision taken in 1849 to transport British felons to Western Australia.
The last convict arrived in Western Australia in 1868 and Fremantle Prison was transferred to the colonial government in 1886.
The transfer of the Imperial Convict Establishment and the Imperial Invalid Depot was completed on 30 April 1887.
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Letterbooks of the Sheriff and Inspector of Prisons. Includes mostly outward correspondence but inward correspondence 1894-1899.
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Range Control Symbol = C61 - F19