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.

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