"Only intelligent attendants need apply": the history of Western Australia's first asylum at Fremantle (1865-1909).
Phillip MaudePublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2021)
Within 15 years, the structure was neglected and overcrowded. Changes to the Penal Servitude Act limiting convict transportation, petty crime and a need to manage its proliferation resulted in large numbers of people being incarcerated at Fremantle.
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