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Walk in the shoes of convicts by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

The Fremantle Prison - The Convict Establishment (Fremantle, Western Australia) is lit at night with various colours. In April 2019, I visited the prison on a dark, stormy night to record the colours. This shot was of the wall alongside the ramp leading up to the gates of the prison. The convicts not only built the wall and ramp, but they had to walk it too.

Today, the Fremantle Prison is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
 
This is inside the old Redruth Gaol at Burra in the Mid North of South Australia. It was built in 1856. It housed up to 30 male and female prisoners. The gaol was closed in 1894. It reopened in 1897 as Redruth Girls Reformatory. 30 girls 15 years old and above were sent there from Adelaide. In 1922 there was a riot amongst the girls which brought about it's closure. It's main claim to fame in more recent times is that it was used in the film "Breaker Morant" in 1979.

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