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FREMANTLE PRISON
Digital Heritage Management Plan
Historic Signage
Signage is a necessary requirement of prisons and their operations. It underpins the movement and management of prisoners and directs and guides prison officers and visitors. As noted by Kerr (1998) ‘Prison regimes depend on signs and notices’. The signage at Fremantle Prison includes building names, directional and wayfinding signs, painted signs and noticeboards. It also includes utility notices such as duty rosters, menu schedules and canteen prices. Existing signs, in their original locations, are also an important component of contemporary interpretation at the Prison.
SPECIFIC POLICY 25: As a general policy, all remaining signage of any age at the Prison should be retained and conserved and not removed or concealed (such as being painted or rendered over). An exception may be where modern signage conceals or impacts on earlier signage, this decision being based on a case by case assessment of significance.
SPECIFIC ACTION 23: All existing signage should be recorded (to archival quality level) to maintain evidence of its location, condition and content, and to assist with future conservation and retention.
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