Campbell Street Gaol
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H.M. Gaol Hobart or Campbell Street Gaol, a former Australian maximum security prison for males and females, was located in Hobart, Tasmania. Built by convict labour, the jail operated between 1821 un
Part of the remains of the Campbell Street Gaol
1860s photograph of Hobart's Campbell Street Gaol and early Hobart
The Penitentiary Chapel, located within the Campbell Street Gaol, designed by John Lee Archer.
Residence of the Governor of the Hobart Gaol, at the end of Melville Street, known colloquially as Martin's Mistake. (c.1905)
Van Diemen's Land
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Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The Aboriginal-inhabited island was first visited b
Campbell Street Gaol
…and associated buildings were designed under the supervision of John Lee Archer, an Irish born engineer and architect who served as Civil Engineer in Van Diemen's Land between 1827 and 1838. All that remains of the site are a small group of buildings on the corner of Campbell and Brisbane Streets and the base of a…
Van Diemen's Land