Notable Prisoners
- Brenden Abbott – "the Postcard Bandit"; escaped the prison on 24 November 1989, by fabricating a prison guard uniform.
- David Birnie – a serial killer.
- John Button – served 5 years after being wrongfully convicted of manslaughter.
- Eric Edgar Cooke – a serial killer, last person to be hanged in Fremantle Prison, on 26 October 1964.
- Moondyne Joe – a bushranger and famed escape artist.
- John Boyle O'Reilly – a Fenian political prisoner.
- Martha Rendell – the last woman to be hanged at the prison.
- Bon Scott – the former lead singer of rock band AC/DC.
- James Wilson – an Irish Nationalist.
Other notable prisoners include members of the Fenian Brotherhood. Sixty-two Fenian's arrived at Fremantle in 1867. Many were pardoned over the years; however, in 1876 six managed to escape and fled aboard the Catalpa whaleboat to New York.
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