• H.M. Gaol Hobart or Campbell Street Gaol, a former Australian maximum security prison for males and females, was located in Hobart, Tasmania.
  • A Boys’ Reformatory did open in 1869. Even so, according to Joan Brown, in 1875, 53 boys aged between eight and 16 years were in Campbell Street Gaol.
  • Huge Bunches of Keys, Massive Gates. In the 1950s a young teenager, Brian Rieusset, was an altar boy for the Chapel at the Campbell Street Hobart Gaol.
  • In a new exhibition assisted by Andrew Redfern called UNSHACKLED (2023) proposed for the National Trust at the old Penitentiary, Hobart Gaol, Campbell Street...
  • H.M. Gaol Hobart or Campbell Street Gaol, a former Australian maximum security prison for males and females, was located in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
  • Popularly known as the Campbell Street Gaol, the former maximum security prison H.M. Gaol Hobart is part of the infamous Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site.
  • Thumbnail for Photograph - Campbell Street, Hobart showing walls of the Hobart Gaol.
  • 1860s photograph of Hobart's Campbell Street Gaol and early Hobart. ... The Gaol was demolished in the 1960s, although the Penitentiary building still stands.
  • Campbell Street Gaol lies right at the heart of Hobart CBD (central business district) and is an important piece of Tasmania’s early history.
  • Hobart Convict Penitentiary (Campbell Street Gaol). Right in the middle of Hobart’s CBD is a prison complex where you can dip into the darker side of Tasmania’s...
  • In 1857 the Penitentiary became the Hobart Gaol, replacing the original gaol in Murray Street, and in 1859 the chapel became the city's Criminal Court with two...
  • “In the 1877 the penal settlement at Port Arthur was broken up, and the prisoners confined there were removed to the Hobart gaol.
  • Campbell Street. Hobart. TAS. ... Campbell Street Gaol opened in 1821. It was for adults but it housed a number of children, too.