Accession[1962.0005] Photographs of Marborough collected by C L KufferIdentifierUMA-IT-000018489Extentnot specifiedScope and ContentNow demolished. According to records the gaol was built prior to 1861. There were so many violent crimes on the goldfields that gaols had to be built to retain the guilty, when sentenced. There were no workshops in the gaol; but prisoners ware put to useful occupation such as building roads, bridges, dams, etc. They would be marched daily from the gaol to the employment site. The blue-stone officer's quarters have been retained, and are used by private residents. During the depression period, men seeking work, used the cells for shelter. The steps inside the lookout towers were used for the erection of the Pioneers Memorial Tower on Bristol Hill. This was opened at Easter 1X33 [illegible], by late Geo. Frost, M.L.A. The print shows the two buildings still in use privately.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnitOSBA Unit 0018
Kuffer, C L., Maryborough's gaol. (1861), [UMA-IT-000018489]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 04/05/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/482362
