AGY-407 | Darlinghurst Gaol

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The New South Wales Government Gazette of 4 June, 1841 contained the following proclamation dated 2 June, 1841 - "And whereas there has been for some time in the course of erection, as and for a Public Gaol, adjacent to the new Court House at Darlinghurst, near Sydney, in the said Colony, and it is expedient that the Gaol should be declared to be a Public Gaol, Prison and House of Correction ... I the Governor ... do hereby proclaim, declare and notify the said Building at Darlinghurst, situated as aforesaid, to be a Public Gaol, Prison and House of Correction." (1) The Sydney Gaol was closed and prisoners were transferred to the New Gaol at Darlinghurst. Initially both male and short-sentenced female prisoners were held at Darlinghurst , but the women were transferred to the Women's Penitentiary at Long Bay when it opened in August 1909. When the State Penitentiary at Long Bay opened on 2 June 1914 (2) the Darlinghurst Gaol was closed. Darlinghurst Gaol ceased to be a prison on 14 July 1914. (3) FOOTNOTES (1) NSW Government Gazette, 4 June 1841, pp 767 - 768 (2) ibid, 3 June 1914, p. 3280 (3) ibid, 29 July 1914, p. 4295 REFERENCES : (1) New South Wales Government Gazette. Sydney, Government Printer. 1832 - (2) Archives Authority of NSW, "The Concise Guide" 2nd Edition, Sydney, The Authority, 1992