John Boyle O'Reilly
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John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish poet, journalist, author and activist. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, for which he was transported to Western
O'Reilly in 1871
Photograph of imprisoned O'Reilly, 1866
News clipping from the Perth Gazette and West Australian Times, 17 January 1868, announcing the arrival of the Hougoumont in Fremantle
John Boyle O'Reilly Tombstone Holyhood Cemetery Brookline Massachusetts USA
Fremantle Prison
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Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western Australia. The site includes the prison cellblo
John Boyle O'Reilly
…convict ship transport to Western Australia. After arriving in Fremantle on 9 January 1868, O'Reilly was admitted to the Convict Establishment (now Fremantle Prison), but after a month he was transferred to Bunbury. He was assigned to a party of convicts tasked with building the Bunbury–Busselton road. One day while…
Main Cell Block
The entrance to Fremantle Prison is through a gatehouse in a medieval style.
Iron gates were constructed by the Sappers and Miners in 1855.
A re-creation of typical 1855 cell accommodation