Yellow Group

• Endorse Kerr's document as the basis for the master plan
• Freo Prison even more important than Port Arthur in terms of:
  • intact fabric
  • Time span (150 yrs - surprised it only closed ten yrs ago)
  • Site
  • As a collection
• Retain layers physical fabric
  • Interpretation of criminal justice history of WA
  • Grimness will be softened in time not by softening the image
• Provide places of comfort eg. Cafes
• Reveal not by pulling the walls
• Be true to place
• Concern about 'flogging' history
• Tell it well/set a context
• Royal engineers
  • arrival in colony - quantum
  • leap in building
  • Reflects penal reform at the
  • time
• Prisoners - quality of living in Frem
• Residents - memories 'scarred'
  • Reminder of human frailty
  • Accepted within the city - not connected physically to the city
• Visitor experience
  • Enrichment and quality
• Time to reflect
• Link to other convict sites Port Gregory - substantial remains (Marshall Clifton dug)
  • Toodyay - intact on small scale
  • North Fremantle - now station
  • Roads/infrastructure
  • Town Hall
• Resourcing adequate dollars/skills
• Management…?
  • What…then how
  • More control over own destiny
  • Maybe an advantage outside govt. - raise sponsorship
• Options for use
  • Community work orders
  • Catering…'smells', 'noise' sound scapes
  • Workshops
  • Test against Kerr - 'Think outside the square', Actively court ideas
• Sensory experiences

 

Orange Group

• Interpretation importance of built environment
  • Creative use of space
• Govt recognition and commitment
  • Acceptance of financial responsibility
• Formally adopt Kerr plan
• Continuity of advice from Freo Prison Trust
• Importance of layering
• Management public or semi govt.
• Advantages of semi govt include:
  • Decisions
  • Budgeting
  • Staff
  • Key role of Prison Trust
• The ambivalence between dark past and significance of the site as WA's premier heritage site
• Education of the public
  • Research institutions - primary secondary and tertiary
  • Criminology

 

Green Group

• WA history
• Integration with Freo
• Open the gates
• Gardens eg allotments Increase the security of the place by increasing the usage
• Useful guidelines in the introductory speech
• Milestones in the history of the prison
• Constance of: Strategic plan approach
  • Kerr's conservation plan
  • Prison trust
• Further research particularly into the post convict era
• All periods have value above the required threshold
• Wider variety of interpretation to suit all tourist groups (all ethnic backgrounds, all knowledge levels)
• Burra charter process
• Linkages to other places within former depot and other sites in the state
• Significance in spaces between the buildings
• World heritage listing
• How do we increase the number of visitors - what is the optimum capacity?
• Determine possible level of financial return - be realistic
• Compatible uses to enable the continued and improved integration of
• the site within the city including opening up the visual links with the city and improve the signage
• Define the curtilage - the precinct includes what? Initial and secondary surroundings
• Recognition of exceptional significance
• Broader management issues at government level involving other heritage sites in the state

 

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