Fremantle prison, which closed in the mid 1990s, is very near the centre of town which is unusual for a gaol but it did not seem to bother the locals much as long as they could look up at the large watchtower and see that all was well.

It housed to to 1,000 long term prisoners at a time in its century or so and there were 44 executions over that period, the last in the mid 1960s when a a serial killer from Perth was hung.

Fire during a serious riot in the 1980s badly damaged two of the sections but the trouble ended after 19 hours. An interesting place built originally by convicts from the UK, now a popular tourist attraction, though not apparently with locals.