Adelaide Gaol
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  • History
    • History of the Adelaide Gaol
    • Free settlement
    • Gaol founders
    • The daily schedule
    • Capital punishment
    • Hangings
    • Women at the gaol
    • The times they are a-changing
    • The closing years
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History

  • History of the Adelaide Gaol

  • Free settlement

    Not everyone in Australia's first free colony intended to be a law-abiding citizens

  • Gaol founders

    George Strickland Kingston was commissioned to design Adelaide’s new Gaol.

  • The daily schedule

    The toll of the Gaol bell marked the beginning and end of the daily 'sessions'.

  • Capital punishment

  • Hangings

  • Women at the gaol

  • The times they are a-changing

  • The closing years

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