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Latitude
-33.418775
Longitude
149.577593
Start Date
1837
End Date
1992

Description

The second gaol, occupied a large part of what is now Machattie Park. Until the 1860s public hangings were carried out on a gallows erected on the William Street side. "'In his letter to Right Hon. T. Spring Rice on 13 January, 1835 Governor Bourke recommended the erection of new Gaol premises at Bathurst. (2) On 1 November, 1837 'a certain building known as a watch-house or lock-up, situate and being at Bathurst' was proclaimed as a Public Gaol'.

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ID
tcfbd7

Extended Data

category
Admin
sitetype
Colonial gaol