Details
Latitude-33.8101 Longitude151.004 Start Date1796 End Date1799
Description
A gaol was first established at Parramatta in 1796 (designed to hold just eight prisoners in single-use cells). Fire destroyed the initial building in 1799.
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- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
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Latitude-37.903 Longitude144.861 Start Date1852 End Date1853
Description
The ship President was purchased and fitted out as a floating prison in 1852, to deal with Victoria's growing prison population following the discovery of gold in the colony brought a massive influx of migrants. It was only used a short time before four other prison hulks were purchased and put into use.?In 1885 the ship was broken up, its use as a prison having been previously discontinued.
Extended Data
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- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6eff Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-31.9558 Longitude115.862 Start Date1830 End Date1855
Description
A six-cell lockup was built in Perth the year after the founding of the Swan River Colony (later Western Australia). Following the completion of the prison Round House at Fremantle in 1831, it?was used to accommodate inmates only for short terms. The gaol was demolished in 1855, as its position opposite Government House was considered poorly located. It became the site of The Deanery, a residence for the first Dean of Perth, Reverend George Pownall, with this heritage-listed building?today offices for the Anglican Church.
Extended Data
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- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f00 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-38.3521 Longitude141.608 Start Date1842 End Date1855
Description
The first gaol was established in Portland around 1842. This small facility eventually grew insufficient for the town's need, and closed with the opening of a new gaol in 1855.
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- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f01 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-37.903 Longitude144.861 Start Date1854 End Date1860
Description
The last of five ships that were purchased for use as prison hulks by the colony of Victoria during this period. In 1885 the ship was ordered to be broken up, its use as a prison having been previously discontinued.
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- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f02 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-37.0636 Longitude144.22 Start Date1852 End Date1861
Description
With the influx of migrants to the goldfields at Castlemaine in the 1850s, there was a pressing need for a prison to service the local area. The existing police watch-house building was therefore declared a prison in 1852, so that it could be used as a place where sentences could be served (rather than just hold those under arrest). However, within the decade it became clear that a purpose-built prison was required to house the growing number of inmates, leading to the old gaol's closing when a new facility opened at Castlemaine in 1861.
Extended Data
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- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f03 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-37.903 Longitude144.861 Start Date1853 End Date1878
Description
During the 1850s Victoria purchased a number of sailing ships to act as prison hulks, including the Sacramento. Its use as a prison hulk ended in 1878.
Extended Data
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- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f04 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-34.5088 Longitude144.843 Start Date1870 End Date1880
Description
The police watch-house in Lachlan Street at Hay was proclaimed a police gaol in 1870. It was used to detain short-term prisoners or those awaiting trial. The construction of a new gaol at Hay in 1880 led to its closure. The site was later used as the Hay Post Office.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f05 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-31.088 Longitude150.93 Start Date1861 End Date1881
Description
A gaol for short-sentence prisoners operated at Tamworth from at least 1861. This initial facility closed with the opening of new premises for Tamworth Gaol in Johnston Street in 1881.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f06 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
Details
Latitude-34.1058 Longitude141.919 Start Date1870 End Date1881
Description
In 1870 the police watch-house in Wentworth's Darling Street was proclaimed a prison, enabling it to be used to confine prisoners sentenced to terms of 14 days or less. The gaol only had accommodation for 9 prisoners, and from 1875 there were complaints of overcrowding and of prisoners having to be chained up outside as there was no room for them. Plans were made for a gaol at a new site in Wentworth, leaving this facility to return to its former use as a police watch-house in 1881.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f07 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-30.329 Longitude149.786 Start Date1870 End Date1882
Description
In 1870, the local watch-house at Narrabri was proclaimed a gaol. In 1882, the completion of a new prison at a different site in Narrabri allowed the old gaol to return to its former purpose as a watch-house.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f08 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
Details
Latitude-34.7533 Longitude149.722 Start Date1847 End Date1884
Description
A police lock-up was first built at Goulburn around 1830, but it was not proclaimed a gaol until 1847. A new prison complex was opened at Goulburn in 1884, leading this gaol to be closed.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f09 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
Details
Latitude-33.4181 Longitude149.579 Start Date1830 End Date1888
Description
The first gaol at Bathurst opened in 1830, adjacent to the Bathurst Court House. Construction of a new gaol led to the earlier site's closure in 1888.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f0a Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
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Latitude-38.3516 Longitude141.608 Start Date1855 End Date1893
Description
The Portland Gaol Stockade opened in 1855, and in 1856 prisoners were put to work constructing roads. The gaol closed in 1893, and was demolished in 1938, except for part of the surrounding wall.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f0b Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
Details
Latitude-33.60560766 Longitude150.8255285 Start Date1859 End Date1899
Description
The Windsor police watch-house was constructed in 1821, and by 1835 was listed as being able to accommodate 50 inmates detained by police. The watch-house was proclaimed a gaol in 1859.? The? gaol closed in 1899. It was demolished in 1836.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f0c Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
Details
Latitude-31.2735 Longitude149.278 Start Date1878 End Date1903
Description
Coonabarabran Gaol was a police gaols used for prisoners with sentences of 14 days or less. It closed in 1903.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f0d Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:58 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:58
Details
Latitude-30.8772 Longitude153.07 Start Date1886 End Date1903
Description
Trial Bay Gaol opened in 1886, after a decade of construction during which prisoners were housed in temporary wooden barracks. The prison closed in 1903 and the site remained unused until 1915, when it became an internment camp for German prisoners and resident 'enemy aliens' for the duration of World War One. In 1922 the gaol's interior fittings were stripped and sold off. The gaol ruins are now part of the Arakoon National Park, and can be visited as part of tours run by the Park.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f0e Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-34.4388 Longitude148.715 Start Date1889 End Date1904
Description
The Burrowa Gaol opened in 1889. It is unclear when it closed, but the last records from it date to 1904.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f0f Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-33.8959 Longitude148.161 Start Date1877 End Date1905
Description
Grenfell Gaol was a police gaol used for prisoners sentenced to 14 days or less. It closed in 1905.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f10 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-33.0897 Longitude147.152 Start Date1902 End Date1905
Description
This gaol that received inmates sentenced to short prison terms?from 1902 until 1905, when it reverted to its original use as a a police watch-house.?
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f11 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-32.5897 Longitude149.582 Start Date1862 End Date1909
Description
Mudgee Gaol was opened as a police gaol for short-sentence prisoners in 1862. It closed in 1909.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f12 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-35.4376 Longitude149.801 Start Date1862 End Date1909
Description
The gaol at Braidwood was opened?in 1862 for the purpose of detaining short-term offenders. It ceased operations in 1909.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f13 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-34.8408 Longitude148.909 Start Date1863 End Date1909
Description
From its establishment in 1863, Yass Gaol was used as a minor gaol to accommodate short-sentence prisoners in the district. It was abolished in 1909.
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- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f14 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-36.2331 Longitude149.122 Start Date1867 End Date1909
Description
The first reference to Cooma Gaol appears to be the appointment of Robert Dawson as a Visiting Justice on 7 August, 1867. At about the same time an acting gaoler and a warder were appointed by the Sheriff. Early references refer to the Gaol as a 'Lock-Up'. During 1883 (the first year for which figures are available) 89 priosoners were admtted to the Gaol and 82 were discharged. The Gaol had 5 cells for separated and 15 for associated prisoners. The gaol was listed in the second schedule of Prisons Act 1899 as one of public gaols, prisons and houses of correction in existence. The Gaol was closed on 16 August 1909, by proclamation as one among several totally unsuitable for the proper treatment of any but the shortest sentenced prisoners. Another gaol was erected at Cooma in 1953 taking priosners from 1957
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- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f15 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-33.9239 Longitude147.205 Start Date1899 End Date1909
Description
Proclaimed a prison in 1899, Wyalong Gaol ceased to be a prison by proclamation in 1909.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f16 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-31.4285 Longitude152.91 Start Date1859 End Date1912
Description
Between 1859 and 1912, this gaol acted as a police lock-up for prisoners serving short terms of 14 days or less.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f17 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-34.4241 Longitude150.896 Start Date1874 End Date1915
Description
Wollongong Gaol operated as a prison for short-sentence prisoners from 1874 to 1915. It was demolished after World War One.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f18 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-31.5606 Longitude143.376 Start Date1881 End Date1917
Description
This two-storey building was purpose-built as a gaol and opened in 1881 to accommodate short-sentence prisoners from the surrounding area. In 1917 the gaol closed in response to falling prison numbers. Today it is the site of the Wilcannia Police Station.?
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- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f19 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-30.5233 Longitude151.66 Start Date1863 End Date1920
Description
Armidale Gaol opened in 1863 as a minor police gaol for receiving prisoners from the district sentenced to a term of 12 months imprisonment or less. Declining numbers of prisoners led to the gaol's closure in 1920. In 1927 the gaol was demolished and the Armidale Teachers' College was subsequently erected on the site.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f1a Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-34.3617 Longitude148.291 Start Date1870 End Date1923
Description
The police watch-house at Young was proclaimed a prison in 1870 and was used as a police gaol for detaining prisoners sentenced to short terms. It closed in 1923. Much of the gaol was demolished in 1934, and the remains were incorporated into Young's technical college.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f1b Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-26.5695 Longitude148.773 Start Date1872 End Date1923
Description
Roma Gaol was used to receive inmates convicted of minor offences resulting in sentences of 12 months or less. In 1903 it was reclassified from a prison to a police gaol that could only receive prisoners serving sentences of 30 days or less. It served in this capacity until 1923, when it was demolished.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f1c Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-18.6512 Longitude146.156 Start Date1886 End Date1924
Description
Ingham Gaol was opened in 1886; previously there had only been a police lock-up. The gaol closed in 1924.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f1d Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-16.9269 Longitude145.775 Start Date1897 End Date1925
Description
This prison was opened in 1897, replacing the Herberton Police Gaol. It closed in 1925 and the buildings were later demolished.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f1e Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-34.1025 Longitude141.913 Start Date1881 End Date1928
Description
Wentworth gaol opened in 1881 with accommodation for 18 prisoners. However, the erection of gaols at Goulburn, Silverton and Broken Hill across the subsequent decade decreased the need for Wentworth Gaol. The gaol closed in 1928. It was temporarily re-used in 1962 when riots in Midura prompted a need for the cells. It has been run as a tourist attraction since 1981.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f1f Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-27.3887 Longitude153.233 Start Date1867 End Date1932
Description
In 1866, prisoners who were being kept aboard the prison hulk Proserpine began to be taken ashore St Helena Island each day to work on buildings intended to act as a new quarantine station. However, because the gaol facility at Petrie Terrace in Brisbane was becoming so congested, it was decided to use the buildings under construction as a gaol instead. Even after the opening of a new prison in Brisbane at Boggo Road in 1883, St Helena Island continued to be used as a secure prison for the colony's worst offenders, predominantly those convicted of serious violence. The prison closed in 1932. Today the island is a tourist destination, with visitors able to take guided tours about the prison's history.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f20 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-34.6403 Longitude143.565 Start Date1887 End Date1932
Description
Balranald Gaol was a police gaol used for prisoners with sentences of 14 days or less. The daily number of prisoners at the gaol was 1918. It ceased to function as a prison in 1932 and today is a gaol museum.
Extended Data
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- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f21 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-35.5335 Longitude144.963 Start Date1864 End Date1935
Description
The purpose-built gaol at Deniliquin was constructed during 1863 and opened in 1864 to receive short-term prisoners. It closed in 1935 and was later demolished.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f22 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-34.6402 Longitude148.024 Start Date1886 End Date1935
Description
Cootamundra Gaol was opened as a police gaol in 1886 for prisoners serving short sentences of 14 days or less. It closed in 1935.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f23 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-32.1528 Longitude152.499 Start Date1913 End Date1938
Description
The Tuncurry Afforestation camp, established in 1913, was the first prison of its kind in New South Wales. Its purpose was to provide prisoners with a more rehabilitative form of prison life and opportunities to engage in work that would offer skills that could be used to gain employment upon release. Tuncurry closed in 1938 and the camp was demolished.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f24 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-36.9058 Longitude149.238 Start Date1892 End Date1939
Description
The police watch-house and lock-up at Bombala was proclaimed a public gaol in 1892 for the detention of prisoners sentenced at the local Court of Quarter Sessions. In its first year of operation it received a total of 26 prisoners. The gaol ceased to function as a prison in 1939.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f25 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-36.6744 Longitude149.843 Start Date1874 End Date1940
Description
Bega Gaol began operations in 1874 with accommodation for 19 prisoners. It ceased to operate as a prison in 1940.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f26 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-31.9132 Longitude152.457 Start Date1884 End Date1940
Description
Taree Gaol was established in 1884 with accommodations for 16 prisoners. It was used as a police gaol for prisoners sentenced to terms of 14 days or less. Taree Gaol ceased to operate as a prison in 1940.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f27 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-31.079 Longitude152.831 Start Date1884 End Date1941
Description
Kempsey Gaol began receiving prisoners in 1884, taking in 48 prisoners its first year. It was a police gaol for prisoners serving sentences of 14 days or less. It ceased to function as a prison in 1941.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f28 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-36.0781 Longitude146.908 Start Date1861 End Date1943
Description
The first reference to Albury Gaol in governmental records appears in 1861, although it could have been in operation slightly earlier. It was a minor gaol used for short-sentence prisoners from the local district. It ceased to function as a prison in 1943 and was demolished several years later.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f29 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-31.885 Longitude141.225 Start Date1888 End Date1945
Description
Silverton Gaol was established at the mining town of Silverton outside Broken Hill in 1888. In its first few years it was heavily used, but this declined with the opening of a new gaol at Broken Hill?in 1892. It was thereafter only used for prisoners on very short sentences. By the 1930s it was only being used as a police station, and this closed in 1945. Today Silverton Gaol operates as a historical museum.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f2a Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-28.1394 Longitude153.227 Start Date1942 End Date1949
Description
One of several prison farms opened in Queensland in the 1930s and 1940s to rehabilitate minimum-security prisoners. This one was short-lived, closing down in 1949.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f2b Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-18.6845 Longitude145.999 Start Date1945 End Date1962
Description
Stone River Prison Farm closed in 1962.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f2c Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-32.2456 Longitude148.602 Start Date1847 End Date1966
Description
The Dubbo gaol began as a simple lockup attached to the courthouse in 1847; it was not proclaimed a gaol until 1859. The premises were expanded in 1871, and further upgraded in 1887.?Dubbo gaol continued to operate until 1966. Today the gaol operates as a tourist attraction.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
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Latitude-38.3647 Longitude145.445 Start Date1916 End Date1975
Description
The McLeod prison farm on French Island opened in 1916 as a tent village. Timber cabins housed prisoners until 1946 when concrete cells were built. It operated as a self-sustaining farm. The prison closed in 1975 and was used as a holiday camp facility until 1995, and now is privately owned.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
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Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-30.7461 Longitude121.473 Start Date1896 End Date1980
Description
The town of Kalgoorlie began to develop in 1893 after the discovery of gold nearby. Newspaper reports indicate that by 1896 a gaol was operating in the area and receiving short-sentence prisoners, although facility may have been in use from a slightly earlier date. By the mid twentieth century the gaol had become known as the Kalgoorlie Regional Prison. It closed in 1980 with the opening of the Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison.?
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
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Latitude-30.3285 Longitude149.786 Start Date1882 End Date1982
Description
In 1882, Narrabri Gaol was opened to receive short-sentence prisoners and those awaiting trial. The prison was closed in 1982. Today the gaol is operated as a museum and heritage centre by the Narrabri Historical Society.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f30 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-34.9176 Longitude138.585 Start Date1841 End Date1988
Description
When British colonists first arrived in South Australia from 1836, they initially kept the occasional prisoners they had in irons aboard moored ships. A temporary wooden gaol was erected in 1838, a facility that quickly became over-crowded, necessitating a more permanent structure. This gaol, which had capacity to hold 140 prisoners,?was completed in 1841. Additions and renovations to the gaol occurred periodically across the twentieth century, until the gaol was eventually decommissioned in 1988. Today the gaol is a heritage site that is open to the public.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f31 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-37.2796 Longitude142.959 Start Date1863 End Date1989
Description
Ararat Gaol, the design of which was based on London's Pentonville prison, opened in 1863. It was run as a gaol until 1886. Following some alterations, the former gaol was made a special ward of the Ararat Asylum in 1887. J Ward was used to accommodate persons convicted of crimes who were considered mentally unfit. It continued to be used for this purpose until 1989. Today it is the site of the Melbourne Polytechnic Ararat Training Centre, which runs a vineyard and winery where students can learn about the wine business. However, public tours detailing the history of gaol and asylum buildings are available by booking.
Extended Data
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- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f32 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-35.7239 Longitude148.493 Start Date1967 End Date1993
Description
Yarrangobilly Gaol closed in 1993.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f33 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-37.8324 Longitude140.773 Start Date1866 End Date1995
Description
Mount Gambier Gaol opened in 1866, and became the longest running country gaol in South Australia, operating continuously until it closed in 1995. Today Mount Gambier Gaol operates as a tourist attraction, with visitors able to tour the buildings or even stay onsite, with a number of the cells having been converted into a hotel.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f34 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-35.6438 Longitude148.07 Start Date1957 End Date1995
Description
This correctional centre consisted of a 750-acre camp aimed at providing prisoners with work skills in tree-planting and outdoor work. It closed in 1995.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f35 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-38.1109 Longitude147.061 Start Date1887 End Date1997
Description
HM Prison Sale was completed in 1887 and operated for 110 years until its closure in 1997. The building has since been demolished, although some of the old prison walls remain part of the site, which now houses the Sale Police Station.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f36 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-38.2161 Longitude146.367 Start Date1951 End Date1997
Description
A minimum-security, 100-bed?prison farm that offered inmates?far greater freedom than traditional prisons, allowing men to visit local shopping centres unattended and wear civilian clothes. It closed in 1997.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f37 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-32.7449 Longitude151.59 Start Date1848 End Date1998
Description
Temporary gaol accommodations were used at this site from 1843, but permanent buildings were not commenced until 1846. Sixteen men were executed at the gaol between 1849 and 1897. The gaol became a maximum-security prison in 1972, and during the 1970s was the?scene of some notorious riots and escapes. The gaol closed in 1998 ant today operates as a tourist attraction.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f38 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-23.3815 Longitude150.515 Start Date1969 End Date2001
Description
This prison closed in 2001, when it was replaced by the Capricornia Correctional Centre.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f39 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-38.4767 Longitude146.716 Start Date1963 End Date2004
Description
A minimum-security, 127-bed prison that closed in 2004.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f3a Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-33.7987 Longitude151.001 Start Date1842 End Date2011
Description
A gaol was first established at Parramatta in 1798 (designed to hold just eight prisoners), although fire destroyed the initial building the following year. A new facility was built on the same site in 1802. In 1842, a new gaol was built that would remain in use into the twenty-first century. A declining prison population led to the gaol being repurposed as a hospital from 1918 to 1927, when increased demand for prison facilities led to it being refurbished and re-established as a gaol. The Centre closed briefly again between 1997 and 1998, and was shut down permanently in 2011. Today the gaol is a heritage site often used as a filming location, and is regularly opened for tours.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
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Latitude-42.7472 Longitude146.993 Start Date1937 End Date2012
Description
When the prison first opened in 1937 it consisted of wooden huts to accommodate 20 persons, an orchard, grazing land and a small forest. In subsequent years further buildings were added, and by 1970s the prison farm was a substantial operation consisting of market vegetable gardens, pigs, hens, sheep and a dairy. The prison was closed in 2012 due to the costs of upkeep on the buildings. The property was sold to a private owner in 2015.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
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Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-34.4877 Longitude150.336 Start Date1979 End Date2014
Description
When Berrimah Prison opened in 1979 to replace the Fannie Bay Gaol, it had an operational capacity for holding 110 inmates. By 2012 this had risen to 750 inmates, but media reports suggested that the facility was overcrowded and in poor hygienic condition. The prison closed in 2014 with the opening of the new Darwin Correctional Centre.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f3d Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-34.8436 Longitude138.628 Start Date1854 End Date2999
Description
Yatala Labour Prison was built to provide accommodations for prisoners whose labour could be used for public works. Initially, 25 prisoners were sent to the Dry Creek site in 1854 to work in the nearby quarries. Prisoners were required to break one cubic yard of rock per day. The prison buildings were repeatedly expanded between the 1850s and 1880s to accommodate larger numbers of prisoners. In the twentieth century prisoners moved from rock breaking into goods production, including boot making, tailoring, tin-smithing, blacksmithing, carpentry and masonry. In 1968 the decision was taken to build a new industries complex on the site, and the provision of educational programmes at the prison expanded across the 1970s. Poor morale among prisoners led to a major prison riot in 1983 that caused significant damage and necessitated major renovations. Today Yatala is a minimum to maximum-security prison for men with capacity to hold up to 458 inmates.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
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Latitude-33.4178 Longitude149.558 Start Date1888 End Date2999
Description
Overcrowding and poor sanitation led to the construction of a new prison at Bathurst, which opened in 1888 with 308 cells. Up until the First World War, the gaol was mainly designated for receiving prisoners who were repeat offenders or considered unlikely to reform. However, from 1914 it began catering more to prisoners who - though previously convicted - were still considered 'hopeful cases'. During the Second World War the gaol was used as an internment camp for 'enemy aliens'. Its use as a prison resumed after the war. In 1970 the gaol was reclassified as a maximum-security prison. The 1970s saw multiple riots at the prison by inmates dissatisfied with their living conditions: there was no glass in the the windows, no heating in winter but extreme heat in summer, and a piggery operating just outside the gaol produced bad odours and attracted insects. The gaol facilities were criticised during the Nagle Royal Commission into the New South Wales prison system (1976-1978). In 1992, the prison's name was changed to Bathurst Correctional Centre. It remains operational today as a minimum to medium-security prison with capacity for 222 inmates.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
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Latitude-29.6342 Longitude152.104 Start Date1928 End Date2999
Description
From 1928 this afforestation camp acted as a site for receiving trusted or low-risk prisoners, who undertook outdoor work and training. It underwent expansions across the 1960s and by the mid 1970s accommodated 95 prisoners. This remains the capacity of the facility,?now known as the Glen Innes Correctional Centre. Today it is classified as a minimum-security prison for men, receiving both sentenced felons and those undergoing a pre-release programme to prepare for re-entry into the community.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f40 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-42.8107 Longitude147.341 Start Date1960 End Date2999
Description
A medium to maximum-security prison for men that can hold up to 280 inmates. During a four-month period across 1999 and 2000, five men died while imprisoned at Risdon. This sparked an investigative report by the ABC?Four Corners?program, which showed that there had bee 18 deaths in custody in the prison over the previous 12 years, and that successive governments had been aware of poor conditions at the prison but failed to intercede. A 2001 report by the Tasmanian Ombudsman also criticised the prison as over-crowded and?under-resourced. The facilities were expanded in 2006.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f41 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-34.0572 Longitude139.758 Start Date1960 End Date2999
Description
A minimum-security, 206-bed correctional facility situated in a rural environment, with prisoners involved in agricultural cultivation and dairy farming.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f42 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-36.5184 Longitude145.225 Start Date1965 End Date2999
Description
Dhurringile prison was originally a farming homestead built in 1877 in an Italianate style. The house stopped being used to accomodate prisoners in 2007 when new buildings were opened on the site. Today it is a minimum-security prison with capacity for 214 inmates.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f43 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-34.7019 Longitude135.8 Start Date1966 End Date2999
Description
A 90-bed, low to medium security prison where sheep and cattle are raised to provide work for inmates.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f44 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-32.8173 Longitude151.338 Start Date1972 End Date2999
Description
While primarily established as a minimum-security prison for men, in 2012 the facilities were updated to include Australia's first purpose-built maximum-security sex offenders unit.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
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Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-32.1032 Longitude115.92 Start Date1982 End Date2999
Description
A minimum to maximum-security prison for men, with capacity for up to 1,225 inmates.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f46 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-33.9672 Longitude150.957 Start Date1989 End Date2999
Description
A prison facility at Holsworthy Barracks authorised to hold members of the Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force who have been sentenced to more than 14 days' detention, as well as service personnel on remand awaiting trial.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f47 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-27.5496 Longitude152.674 Start Date1989 End Date2999
Description
When it first opened in 1990, Borallon Correctional Centre was the first privately-operated correctional facility in Australia. It was classed as high-security with a capacity for 492 inmates. It was decommissioned in 2012 due to the opening of the new Southern Queensland Correctional Centre. It reopened in 2016 as the Borallon Training and Correctional Centre as Queensland first dedicated training prison, focused on educational and employment outcomes for prisoners.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f48 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-37.0806 Longitude144.239 Start Date1990 End Date2999
Description
A medium-security, 409-bed prison.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f49 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-23.8585 Longitude133.801 Start Date1996 End Date2999
Description
A medium to maximum-security, 400-bed prison. The centre runs an active art program that enables inmates to develop art and business skills, with all proceeds from sales going to support victims of crime or prison programs.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f4a Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-38.1079 Longitude146.97 Start Date1997 End Date2999
Description
A medium-security, 800-bed prison privately managed by the GEO Group.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f4b Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-27.5835 Longitude152.904 Start Date1999 End Date2999
Description
A high-security prison with accommodations for 600 inmates.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f4c Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-23.2267 Longitude150.47 Start Date2001 End Date2999
Description
A low to high-security facility that can hold up to 500 inmates, and as at 2018 is under expansion.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f4d Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-36.3488 Longitude146.654 Start Date2005 End Date2999
Description
A minimum-security prison with accommodation for 120 inmates.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f4e Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-37.9772 Longitude144.35 Start Date2006 End Date2999
Description
A 394-bed, medium-security facility that offers a variety of rehabilitation and educational programs to inmates.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f4f Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-37.7922 Longitude144.746 Start Date2006 End Date2999
Description
A maximum-security facility for inmates awaiting trial under remand. It has accommodation for 805 prisoners.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f50 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
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Latitude-34.9201 Longitude150.598 Start Date2010 End Date2999
Description
A prison with accommodations for 600 prisoners, both those under sentence and on remand.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f51 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-12.4463 Longitude131.031 Start Date2014 End Date2999
Description
A minimum to maximum-security prison with a capacity to house up to 1,048 prisoners.
Extended Data
- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f52 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
Details
Latitude-34.462 Longitude150.847 Start Date2017 End Date2999
Description
The Illawarra Reintegration has accommodation for 60 minimum security offenders.
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- Convict
- Other
- Female
- Other
- Male
- Other
- Aboriginal
- Other
- Children
- Other
Sources
TLCMap IDtd6f53 Linkback
Created At2024-11-21 07:09:59 Updated At2024-11-21 07:09:59
