The Roundhouse is located at the West End of Fremantle on Authur Head behind The University of Notre Dame and between the Fremantle Harbor and the Port Authority. There is plenty of paid parking in front of the Roundhouse natively, you can catch the Train to Fremantle and its a 10 minute walk from the train station.

The Fremantle Roundhouse is opened between 10.30am and 3.30pm every day except Christmas Day and Good Friday. The Fremantle Volunteer Heritage Guides office is also manned every week day between 10am and 3.30pm.

The cannon is fired daily at 1pm. If you attend you may even be able to trigger the shot!

The Roundhouse History

The Roundhouse is the oldest public building in the State of Western Australia. Opened in January 1831, just 18 months after settlement, it was built to hold any person convicted of a crime in the settlement and was used until 1886.

After it ceased being used as a gaol it became a Police Lock-up until the late 1890s and then was used as accommodation for the Water Police, and afterwards as a storage facility for Fremantle Ports. When threatened with demolition in the 1920s it was saved and later control went to the State Government before it was deeded to the City of Fremantle