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Latitude

-37.903

Longitude

144.861

Start Date

1853

End Date

1868

The Success was purchased along with the other hulks?to cope with the increased population and crime that followed the discovery of gold in Victoria. In 1857, convicts from the?Success?murdered Superintendent of Prisons?John Price. The hulk was later used to receive female prisoners until 1868. It was then put to various governmental purposed until 1890, when it was outfitted as a travelling museum about convict life. This display was not a commercial success, and the ship was scuttled, but was then refloated in 1893, with the convict museum travelling around the world, including to San Francisco in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. A fire destroyed the ship in 1945.

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Latitude

-33.8101

Longitude

151.004

Start Date

1796

End Date

1799

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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Latitude

-33.7987

Longitude

151.001

Start Date

1842

End Date

2011

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.

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