planning a school excursion - Fremantle Prison

AUSTRALIAN HISTORY CURRICULUM @ FREMANTLE PRISON
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September 1866 the Inquirer referred to the ‘severity of punishment’ in the establishment and
Hampton’s ‘repressive regime.’ 18
Under the management of the Hamptons, escape attempts increased. Between June 1866 and March
1867, more than 90 convicts attempted to escape – three times the number of any other nine‐month
period. 19 Of the 32 floggings during 1864, 25 were for escape attempts. Similarly, during 1865, 23 of
the 40 floggings were for escape attempts.
18 Inquirer, 5 September 1866.
19 Elliot, I. Moondyne Joe – The man and the myth, University of Western Australia Press, 1978. p. 87
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