Unlock a piece of history at Adelaide Gaol

padlockAdelaide Gaol is one of South Australia’s oldest and most intriguing public buildings.

Designed by the first architect of South Australia’s free colony, George Strickland Kingston, the Gaol operated from 1841 to 1988. It housed approximately 300,000 prisoners in its 147 working years, making it Australia’s second longest continuously operational prison facility. 

Located in the north western corner of the Adelaide Park Lands, the Gaol has sweeping city views contrasted by stark prison cells, barbed wire and stone masonry.

The site is managed by the South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage and is a significant State Heritage Place under the Heritage Places Act 1993.

National Geographic - Australia's Hardest Prisons, Adelaide

See footage of Adelaide Gaol from Australia's Hardest Prisons
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