Corporate body

Sub-Department

ROTTNEST GAOL

AU WA A219

1838-08-01 - 1932-01-01

Rottnest Island held prisoners from 1838 until 1932, Aboriginal prisoners being replaced on the whole by Caucasian at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1848 the majority of prisoners were transferred to the mainland but in 1855 the Rottnest Establishment was reopened. Rottnest closed as a native prison in 1903. It was proclaimed a gaol on 8 January 1904. Inmates were transferred from Fremantle or some other gaol and Rottnest, like Hamel depot, was considered to be an integral part of Fremantle Prison. It was an outstation of Fremantle until it closed in 1932.

Creation: An Act to constitute the Island of Rottnest a Legal Prison 1841(from 26/11/1841 to 31/12/1903)
Prisons Act 1903 (from 1/1/1904).

AU WA A220 - FREMANTLE PRISON (1855-01-01 - 1991-10-31)

AU WA A214 - GAOLS DEPARTMENT (1890-01-01 - 1947-01-01)

AU WA A103 - COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE (1828-12-30 - 1924-04-16)

LAW AND ORDER

Series S454 - RETURNS - PRISONERS RATIONS

Series S843 - OCCURRENCE BOOKS

Series S844 - COMMITMENT BOOKS

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