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Agency No. 442
Agency Title  CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT
Start Date  1 Jan 1850
End Date  30 Apr 1887
Category  Department
Creating Legislation 
Agency Description  In 1850 a Board of Directors of convict prisons was set up in England. Fremantle Prison was built as a convict establishment by the British government in the 1850's as a result of the decision taken in 1849 to transport British felons to Western Australia. The last convict arrived in Western Australia in 1868 and Fremantle Prison was transferred to the colonial government in 1886. The transfer of the Imperial Convict Establishment and the Imperial Invalid Depot was completed on 30 April 1887.
 
Preceding Agencies 
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Succeeding Agencies 
220 FREMANTLE PRISON 1 Jan 1855 ~ 31 Oct 1991   Detail
416 CASUARINA PRISON 7 Jun 1991 ~   Detail
 
Superior Agencies 
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Subordinate Agencies 
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Functions exercised by this agency 
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Record series created by this agency 
691 LISTS - CONVICTS 1 Jan 1850 ~ 1 Jan 1853   Detail
847 OCCURRENCE BOOKS 23 Apr 1854 ~ 1 Jan 1870   Detail
851 RETURNS - MT ELIZA DEPOT 5 Nov 1857 ~ 15 May 1868   Detail
1135 REGISTER - EXPIREES AND CONDITIONAL PARDONS 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
1136 LISTS - PENSIONERS 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
1137 CORRESPONDENCE 15 Aug 1853 ~ 16 Nov 1859   Detail
1138 LISTS - CONVICTS OF GOOD CONDUCT 30 Dec 1899 ~   Detail
1811 REGISTERS - CORRESPONDENCE 1 Jan 1853 ~ 31 Dec 1889   Detail
1817 LETTERBOOKS - SHERIFF AND INSPECTOR OF PRISONS 1 Jan 1885 ~ 31 Dec 1889   Detail
1818 LETTERBOOKS - COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF PRISONS 25 Jan 1850 ~ 31 Dec 1889   Detail
1819 INDEXES 1 Jan 1882 ~ 31 Dec 1889   Detail
1821 RECORDS OF RATIONS AND LUXURY ISSUES 1 Jan 1879 ~ 31 Dec 1889   Detail
1866 COMPTROLLER-GENERAL'S DESPATCH BOOKS 1 Jan 1858 ~ 31 Dec 1889   Detail
2334 CERTIFICATES - CONDITIONAL PARDON, TICKETS OF LEAVE -  Detail

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