The Round House - Fremantle Western Australia

One of the very first things the Poms like to build when they colonise or invade a new region is a jail.
The Round House, that isn’t round at all, was built in January 1831, just 18 months after the first settlers arrived.
Many people would have still been living in temporary accommodation, even in tents, but the authorities had to build a jail as a matter of priority.
You can’t have the riff-raff getting out of hand now can you?
The building was used as a prison until 1886 when it became the police lock-up.
In the 1890s it was used as accommodation for the water police but it cannot have been a comfortable place to live.
It was then used for storage before being threatened with demolition in the 1920s.
The Harbour Master is credited with saving the building as he insisted that it sheltered his home from the fierce north-westerly winds.
The Round House is now in the care of the West Australian Historical Society and it is open to the public from 10:30am to 3:30pm daily.
Entry is by gold coin donation.
The tunnel that is underneath the Round House was constructed by the Fremantle Whaling Company in 1837.
It was built to make access easier to Whaler’s Beach - now known as Bather’s Beach.
The original tunnel was 57 metres long but part of the cliff was cut away and the current tunnel is 12 metres shorter.
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[@jjsadv]

The detail given about the history is one of the best things about your channel. Good job.

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

Thanks, just back from Margaret River so now I have a huge backlog of editing to do, hopefully I can slip a bit of history into that too :)

[@milandoobree5273]

Hi