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  2. Campbell Street Gaol - Wikipedia

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    H.M. Gaol Hobart or Campbell Street Gaol, a former Australian maximum security prison for males and females, was located in Hobart, Tasmania. Built by convict labour, the gaol operated between 1821 until the early 1960s. In 1961, male inmates were transferred to the H.M. Risdon Prison and in 1963, female inmates were transferred to the Risdon ...

  3. Cascades Female Factory - Wikipedia

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    The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in Hobart, Tasmania.Operational between 1828 and 1856, the factory is now one of the 11 sites that collectively compose the Australian Convict Sites, listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

  4. Port Arthur, Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    The Port Arthur convict settlement was established in September 1830 as a timber-getting camp, producing sawn logs for government projects. From 1833 until 1877, it was the destination for those deemed the most hardened of transported convicts ― so-called "secondary offenders" ― who had persistently re-offended during their time in Australia.

  5. Lady Franklin (barque) - Wikipedia

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    In July 1846 the vessel brought John Price, a formerly Police Magistrate at Hobart Town, and his family to replace Major Joseph Childs as head of the convict prison settlement on Norfolk Island. [3] Also on board the Lady Franklin was Francis Burgess , a judge appointed to conduct the trials of nine convicts gaoled several months previously on ...

  6. History and mystery merge at former West Virginia ... - AOL

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    The popular 90-minute day tour provides a historical overview of the prison's main level. During October, various Halloween-themed guided tours focus on the paranormal. In the early 1900s, efforts ...

  7. Convicts on the West Coast of Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    The remains of the stone penitentiary building on Sarah Island at the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station. The West Coast of Tasmania has a significant convict heritage. The use of the west coast as an outpost to house convicts in isolated penal settlements occurred in the eras 1822–33, and 1846–47.

  8. Once a ghost town, Walker Lake now heart of St. Louis ... - AOL

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    As of 2020, the vast majority of St. Louis Park's more than 50,000 residents were those between the ages of 25 and 34, according to Minnesota Compass, a division of St. Paul-based Wilder Research.

  9. Medium Security Institution - Wikipedia

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    The Medium Security Institution, commonly referred to as The Workhouse, was a medium-security penitentiary located in St. Louis, Missouri, and was owned and operated by the municipal department of Public Safety and Corrections.