THE SMART TRICK OF FREMANTLE PRISON THAT NO ONE IS DISCUSSING

Even though the Swan River Colony was set up to be a "cost-free settlement"[22] (in contrast to the penal colonies to the east coast), via the 1840s need for reasonable labour overcame an early reluctance, plus the colony agreed to just accept some convicts from Britain. The arrival of the main convict ship Scindian on two June 1850 was unpredicted