AGY-422 | Wagga Wagga Gaol

Full description

Newly erected premises at Wagga Wagga were proclaimed to be a public gaol, prison and House of Correction on 27 May, 1862, (1) and Mr Robert John Monteith and Mrs Monteith were appointed Gaoler and Matron respectively on 28 May, 1862 (2) In his annual report for 1877 the Comptroller-General of Prisons notes that the Gaol had accommodation foe 11 separate and 30 associated prisoners and that at the end of the year the prison population was 25 - 19 males and six females. (3) Wagga Wagga Gaol was a minor gaol, used for short-sentence prisoners in the district. It ceased to be a prison by proclamation on 16 August 1909. (4) FOOTNOTES: (1) NSW Government Gazette 30 May, 1862 p. 997 (2) Ibid. P. 999 (3) Prisons report for 1877 p. 3 in Votes and Proceedings 1878-79 vol 3 p. 1031 (4) NSW Government Gazette, 11 August 1909, p.4451 REFERENCES: (1) New South Wales Government Gazette. Sydney, Government Printer. 1832 - (2) Returns of the Colony (Blue Books) 1822 - 1857 (4/251-290) (3) NSW. Department of Corrective Services. "An Analysis of NSW Prison Proclamations compiled by Denis Fitzpatrick. Sydney, The Department, 1996. "