Fremantle Prison
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Fremantle Prison |
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| National territory: | Australia |
| Type: | World Heritage |
| Criteria : | (iv) (vi) |
| Reference No .: | 1306 |
| UNESCO region : | Asia and Pacific |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2010 (session 34) |
The Fremantle Prison is a former prison in Fremantle . It is inscribed on the Australian National Heritage List and on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of eleven Australian Convict Sites .
It is currently the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Western Australia .
history
It was used as a prison intermittently from 1855 to 1991 and as a maximum security prison in the last few years .
Today it is used exclusively for tourism . In addition to visits and various guided tours, there is also a youth hostel in the former prison.
Web links
Commons : Fremantle Prison - Album containing pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/fremantle-prison accessed on September 3, 2015
- ↑ Archive link ( memento of September 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on September 3, 2015
- ↑ Archive link ( memento of August 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on September 3, 2015
- ↑ Fremantle Prison YHA , Youth Hostel Official Site
Coordinates: 32 ° 3 ′ 18 ″ S , 115 ° 45 ′ 13 ″ O