10.1M 45 43 42 38 36 32 33 32 33 30 22 34 32 5.0 21 32 13 29 19 3 34 34 32 20 6 24 19 24 5 28 27 24 32 45 33 22 32 18 2 36 31 26 Fairway Landfall (LFl 10s) 0.7M 28 22 31 26 Situated only 19 kilometres off the coast of Perth, Rottnest Island offers visitors a casual atmosphere, picturesque scenery, and a rich cultural heritage to discover on a day trip or extended stay. When the upper level platform formed, Rottnest Island was an archipelago made up of 10 smaller islands as shown on the map below (the present-day lakes were under the sea). Boys from the age of 8-16 years were admitted to the reformatory for such offences as stealing pigeons, stealing cakes, assault on another boy, or being "a rogue and a vagabond". Living quarters for the Pilot crew were built above the boathouse later. This building, along with the General Store (originally a hay store), is part of the complex of farm buildings associated with the Aboriginal Prison Establishment that were built to replace the original 1840s farm structures destroyed by a fire in 1856.
This building was originally built as a school, but it also assumed other uses as a social focal point for the Island's community. As an indication, there were 17 boys in the Reformatory in 1897, aged between 11 and 17. In the 1840s, when a number of the buildings in this guide were constructed, Perth and Fremantle had been settled for less than 20 years. Open daily 11am to 3.30pm and entry is by gold coin donation. Click to download (2981.09 KB PDF file) Fremantle Map. The building has undergone many alterations and additions over time, but the original plan is still discernible and the crenellations in the parapet walls (feature above roof line, typically seen on fortified medieval castles) were a feature of the original design. When you get close to the shore you see a good amount of birds. In 1907 the Governor, Admiral Sir F. G. Bedford proposed the Island should be declared a "Public park and recreation ground forever'. The Aboriginal name for Rottnest Island is Wadjemup and is located in Noongar Country. Or, for a different pace, there’s a hop on / hop off bus service that regularly runs around the island, stopping at some of the more secluded beaches and surf breaks. When the upper level platform formed, Rottnest Island was an archipelago made up of 10 smaller islands as shown on the map below (the present-day lakes were under the sea).
The prison officially closed in 1904 but the Island continued to act as an annex of Fremantle Gaol until 1931. As you walk the oldest continuously inhabited street in Australia, Vincent Way, view photographs of those who walked before; a horse and cart on Main Street, the Pilot crew at the Boathouse and women with parasols and corsets boarding the ferry in 1912. Shells were burnt for lime (a key ingredient for mortar, render, plaster and limewash), with driftwood and the Melaleuca trees used to thatch roofs.
The pilot crew increased in number and more buildings were required to accommodate them. An alternative summer residence was found at the Rocks, Albany, in 1913 and the Governor's Residence was converted to flats in 1919 and rented out as holiday accommodation. Lights If lit, they may use any colour. Timber was used on occassion to construct simple v-shaped gutters and downpipes on some of the buildings.
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