Sights & landmarks
Adelaide Gaol
Adelaide Gaol is a former prison in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1841. Its long-standing carceral role makes it a historic place where visitors can encounter a surviving part of the city’s nineteenth-century institutional past.
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What is Adelaide Gaol?
Adelaide Gaol is a former prison in Adelaide, South Australia, established in 1841. Its long-standing carceral role makes it a historic place where visitors can encounter a surviving part of the city’s nineteenth-century institutional past.
Build this into your Adelaide day
Use this place as an anchor, then layer nearby stops and a little breathing room around it.

