HM Prison Geelong

HM Prison Geelong

Infobox_Prison
prison_name=HM Prison Geelong


location=Geelong, Victoria
status=Closed
classification=Maximum (Male)
capacity=86
opened=1864
closed=1991
managed_by=Corrections Victoria

HM Prison Geelong was a maximum security Australia prison located on the corner of Myers Street and Swanston Street in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The prison was built in stages from 1849 to 1864. Its panopticon design is based on Pentonville Prison in England. The prison was officially closed in 1991 and prisoners were moved to the newly built HM Prison Barwon in Lara.

History

The gaol was built by prisoners who slept on high security barges on Corio Bay during construction. The three-storey central block is cruciform with east and west wings serving as cells, the north wing as an administration block, and the southern wing as a kitchen, hospital and a tailoring workshop. The Australian Army used the prison as a detention barracks during, and for a few years after, World War II.

The government closed the gaol in 1991 and the Rotary Club of Geelong now operates it as a public service project. It is open to the public on Saturdays, Sundays and daily during public and school holidays. The gaol remains mostly unchanged. A gallows exhibit recreates the 1863 hanging of James Murphy, who battered Constable Daniel O'Boyle to death at the Warrnambool court house. He was the last person hanged at the gaol. Cell 47 is of special interest as it contains a mural painted on a wall by a prisoner, titled "Window of Freedom".

The Gaol is now referred to as the "Old Geelong Gaol". Some believe the goal may be haunted and several paranormal research groups have visited the site. [ [http://ghostresearchinternational.com/OGG020607.html Ghost Research International ] ]

Timeline

* 1853 - 1865 Gaol for convicts and prisoners
* 1865 - 1872 Industrial school for girls (street kids)
* 1877 - 1940 Hospital gaol
* 1940 - 1947 Army detention barracks during World War II
* 1947 - 1958 Hospital gaol
* 1958 - 1991 Training prison

Notable prisoners

*Frank McCallum (alias Captain Melville) - Australian bushranger
*James Murphy - last prisoner to be hanged in HM Prison Geelong in 1863
*Mark Brandon Read - alias Chopper

ee also

*Everynight ... Everynight, a 1994 Australian film, filmed at the prison.
*Marngoneet Correctional Centre, 300 bed prison in Lara, Victoria, opened in 2006.
*Pirra Homestead
* The gaol is now open to the public. For more information see here: http://www.geelongcity.vic.gov.au/Visiting_Geelong/Attractions/Old_Geelong_Gaol/

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