Round House
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How to send mail, money, and visit Round House
Step-by-step guidance using the Australia system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
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Background
The Round House was the first permanent building built in the Swan River Colony. Constructed in late 1830 and opened in 1831, it is the second oldest surviving European building in Western Australia, after the Wiebbe Hayes Stone Fort on West Wallabi Island. It is located at Arthur Head in Fremantle, and recent heritage assessments and appraisals of the precinct of the Round House incorporate Arthur Head. This location also seems to have been referred to as Gaol Hill.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1830
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1830
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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- Ouyen Community Correction Services
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2641780)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Round House. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/round-house
"Round House." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/round-house.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Round House},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/round-house},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}