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Castlemaine Gaol 2

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Australian Prisons
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Latitude
-37.0621
Longitude
144.211
Start Date
1861
End Date
1990

Description

This purpose-built prison was opened in 1861 to house all manner of prisoners, and was one of the few prisons outside Melbourne that received long-sentence inmates. However, by the turn of the century it was mainly being used to accomodate short-sentence prisoners and first-time offenders. In 1908 the gaol closed. For a while there were plans to transform into an institution for treating inebriates, many of whom during this period would otherwise be confined to gaols on charges of habitual drunkenness. Ultimately, in 1909 it was instead?converted into a reformatory school for males aged 16 to 25 years. The reformatory closed in 1951, with the facility reopening in 1954 as a gaol to accommodate medium-security prisoners. It closed for good in 1990. Today the gaol is open to the public as a tourist attraction.

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t96b