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3 unusual facts about Adelaide Gaol


Adelaide Gaol

When the first colonists arrived at South Australia in late 1836, any prisoners (there were few at first) were held in irons aboard the ships HMS Buffalo and then Tam O'Shanter.

The remaining Adelaide Gaol prisoners were transferred in 1987 when Mobilong Prison opened.

Once sentenced, those with terms of three months or less would be placed in single cells, while those with longer sentences were transferred to Yatala Labour Prison, the Cadell Training Centre and, until it closed in 1975, Gladstone Gaol.



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