The Perth Gaol (often referred to as the Old Perth Gaol) was a gaol built in Perth, the state capital of Western Australia, between 1854 and 1856 to house...
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hanged in 1862 at Perth Gaol for the murder of his wife People hanged (unless other means of execution is stated) at the Perth Gaol: Midgegooroo – 22...
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time include the Fremantle Prison, Government House, the Perth Town Hall, The Cloisters, Perth Gaol, and the Swan River Mechanics' Institute. The convict...
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Western Australia included the Roundhouse at Fremantle; the old and new Perth Gaols; on the island of Rottnest; at the sites of the capital offence, such...
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often at the site of the offence. Even with the construction of the new Perth Gaol in 1855 as the main execution site in the state, some executions were...
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Fremantle Prison (redirect from Fremantle Gaol)
Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western...
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Perth Prison may refer to: HM Prison Perth, Scotland Perth Gaol, or Old Perth Gaol, Australia Perth Immigration Detention Centre, Australia This disambiguation...
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Conroy (1857 – 18 November 1887) was the last person executed at the Perth Gaol. Conroy was convicted of murdering Fremantle Town Councillor John Snook...
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reduced to a Police Gaol and then a temporary Lunatic Asylum in 1877. The Centre closed temporarily in the early 1900s. The Gaol reopened on 8 March 1957...
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Perth, Western Australia was occupied by British settlers in 1829 and originally named the Swan River Colony. Many of the older buildings are still extant...
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Western Australian Museum (redirect from Geological Museum (Perth))
the Goldfields in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Established in 1891 in the Old Perth Gaol, it was known as the Geological Museum and consisted of geological collections...
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for over 20 years before moving to Perth to take up a position working with convicts and prisoners in the Perth Gaol in Beaufort Street. Mitchell was the...
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History of Fremantle Prison (section Military gaol)
at a cost to the colonial government, as the then-newly constructed Perth Gaol had been handed over to the British imperial government for use as a convict...
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building the town jetty, manning the pilot boat and building the road to Perth. The gaol was extended in 1873 and became a public prison, with other buildings...
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Western Australia. Perth Mint Old Perth Boys School Old Perth Fire Station Perth Gaol and Courthouse Swan Barracks St Mary's Cathedral, Perth Winthrop Hall...
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work on other public works, especially roads. In Perth, for example, convicts built the Perth Gaol between 1854 and 1856, and some were then housed there...
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death by the Chief Justice Archibald Burt and hanged on 10 June 1876 at Perth Gaol. The record of inquest proclaimed by Police Magistrate E Landor states...
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Jubilee Building (category Landmarks in Perth, Western Australia)
and Beaufort Street to adjoin several other buildings including the old Perth Gaol which was being used for museum displays and storage. It was still termed...
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William Conroy (murderer) (1857–1887), last person to be hanged at the Perth Gaol William Jackson Conroy (1849–1915), miller, farmer and politician in Quebec...
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Richard Roach Jewell (category Architects from Perth, Western Australia)
construction of the boys' schools in Perth and Fremantle. He was soon given the task of designing major buildings such as Perth Gaol and the court-house. Jewell...
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The Newcastle Gaol Museum is a prison museum on Clinton Street in Toodyay, Western Australia, founded in 1962. The museum records the history of the serial...
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and Clerk of Works Western Australia Perth Gaol (1854) Government House, Perth (1859) Barracks Arch (1863) Perth Town Hall (1868) Prof Peter Johnson AC...
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(c. 12)) Perth Gaol Act 1813 53 Geo. 3. c. cxvii 3 June 1813 An Act for erecting and maintaining a new Gaol for the County and City of Perth; and for...
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old Perth Gaol, but the land was exchanged with the Crown in July 1858, so that The Deanery could be built close to the Cathedral. The old Perth Gaol had...
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Name Location Region Type Links Albany Convict Gaol Museum Albany Great Southern Prison Albany Historical Society Albany Co-operative Store Albany Great...
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called Street Bridge, in the Township of Pocklington, in the said Riding. Perth Gaol Act 1815 55 Geo. 3. c. lvi 25 May 1815 An Act to amend an Act of the Fifty...
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Tourism in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, is an important part of the Australian state's economy, contributing to the prosperity of businesses...
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Fremantle Arts Centre (category Music venues in Perth, Western Australia)
increase. Official care began with the transfer of ten convicts from Perth Gaol to a new asylum located in Scott's Warehouse (corner of Croke and Cliff...
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Fremantle Town Hall (category Tourist attractions in Perth, Western Australia)
was convicted of the crime, becoming the last person to be hanged at Perth Gaol. Local architects Griffiths and Considine, representing the Melbourne...
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colonial past, Moondyne Joe and the Newcastle Gaol as point of interest. Being an hour's drive from Perth, present day Toodyay is a popular venue for tourists...
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