Rottnest Island...old Military Barracks - c.1844

We pass these cottages every day on the way from our cottage to the bakery in the morning...and on our way to the Hotel in the afternoon.

The buildings are on Vincent Way overlooking Thomson Bay on Rottnest Island, some 20 miles off shore from Perth.

This building originally consisted of three rooms and was built to accommodate the Prison Guards. The prison was guarded by less than eight soldiers from the 51st Regiment of the British Army around the mid 1800's.

Later it was modified for Prison Wardens and their families. The building was again altered and extended to the north in 1898 to provide accommodation for the Island's schoolteacher.

In 1917, the building was divided into 3 flats ("E", "J" and "H") and let out to tourists by the newly formed Rottnest Island Board of Control.

Today they are popular cottages for families making their annual pilgrimage to Rottnest.