| Round House | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Prison |
| Architectural style | Panopticon |
| Address | Arthur Head |
| Town or city | Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°03′22″S 115°44′29″E / 32.056118°S 115.741271°E |
| Construction started | August 1830 |
| Completed | 18 January 1831 |
| Cost | £1603/10/0 |
| Owner | City of Fremantle |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Henry Willey Reveley |
| Main contractor | Richard Lewis, W Manning and I Duffield |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 8 cells + other rooms |
| Website | |
| www | |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Designated | 13 November 1993 |
| Reference no. | 896 |
The Round House was the first permanent building built in the Swan River Colony. Built in late 1830 and opened in 1831, it is the oldest building still standing in Western Australia.[1]
It is located at Arthur Head in Fremantle, and recent heritage assessments and appraisals of the precinct of the Round House incorporate Arthur Head.[1] This location also seems to have been referred to as 'Gaol Hill.'[2][3]
- ^ a b Heritage Council. "Round house and Arthur Head reserve". Permanent register. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ "GAOL HILL, FREMANTLE". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LV, no. 3032. Western Australia. 17 May 1895. p. 7. Retrieved 2 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Ourone (31 May 1895). "THE REMOVAL OF GAOL HILL". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LV, no. 3034. Western Australia. p. 5. Retrieved 2 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.