Identity area
Reference code
AU WA S693
Title
SUPERINTENDENT'S ORDERS
Date(s)
- 1850-08-25 - (Creation)
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Context area
Name of creator
AU WA A220 - FREMANTLE PRISON
(1855-01-01 - 1991-10-31)
Administrative history
Fremantle Prison was built by convict labour between 1851 and 1855, and was first occupied in 1855. The Prison was closed in 1991 when the last prisoners were transferred to the new prison at Casuarina.
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Scope and content
Records kept by the Superintendent of the Convict Establishment/Fremantle Prison. The volumes record discharges and transfers of prisoners, orders relating to officers (promotions, resignations, reprimands etc) and the orders are initialled by (presumably) the Superintendent. Some volumes include an index in which the names of officers, prisoners, depots or other institutions concerned in the orders are listed. Cons 4190/1 includes copies of letters and memos written by the Superintendent between 7.1.1871 and 1.2.1871. Cons 4326 contains orders sent from the Superintendent to the officer in charge of the Cookhouse 1952 - 1966.
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Conditions governing access
Open access except items identified as restricted for 70yrs
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Existence and location of originals
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Name access points
- AU WA A643 - MINISTRY OF JUSTICE (Controller)
- AU WA A220 - FREMANTLE PRISON (Creator)
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Archivist's note
Range Control Symbol = 1 -
Copies: Microfilm registers for Cons. 1156, items SO 1 - 14, are held by the State Records Office of Western Australia
Copies: Microfilm registers for Cons. 1156, items SO 1 - 14, are held by the State Records Office of Western Australia