Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Legal Status Text
Sub-Department
Authorized form of name
ROTTNEST GAOL
Other form(s) of name
Description identifier
AU WA A219
Description area
Dates of existence
1838-08-01 - 1932-01-01
History
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.
Places
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
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).
Prisons Act 1903 (from 1/1/1904).
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
AU WA A220 - FREMANTLE PRISON (1855-01-01 - 1991-10-31)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A220
Category of the relationship
Succeeding
Dates of the relationship
1838-01-01 - 1932-01-01
Description of relationship
Related entity
AU WA A214 - GAOLS DEPARTMENT (1890-01-01 - 1947-01-01)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A214
Category of the relationship
Superior
Dates of the relationship
1917-01-01 - 1932-01-01
Description of relationship
Related entity
AU WA A103 - COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE (1828-12-30 - 1924-04-16)
Identifier of the related entity
AU WA A103
Category of the relationship
Superior
Dates of the relationship
1867-01-01 - 1917-01-01
Description of relationship
Related function
Related unit of description
Series S454 - RETURNS - PRISONERS RATIONS
Role
Creation
Description of relationship
Dates of relationship
1928-01-01 - 1931-12-31
Related unit of description
Series S843 - OCCURRENCE BOOKS
Role
Creation
Description of relationship
Dates of relationship
1915-08-19 -
Related unit of description
Series S844 - COMMITMENT BOOKS
Role
Creation
Description of relationship
Dates of relationship
1886-03-19 -
Control area
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Final