Aboriginal prisoners in The Quod – hundreds died of disease, malnutrition or were beaten to death by prison guards

        Wadjemup – An Island in Denial

Sally Morgan's "Welcome To Rottnest "

 (hidden from public view in storage at WA Art Gallery)

Up to 167 Aboriginal prisoners at a time were locked in The Quod’s 29 tiny cells

Prisoners lay cold and wet surrounded by excrement on damp stone floors as deadly influenza raged through their draughty cells

One in 10 who slept here died of disease, malnutrition or was bashed to death by prison guards