H.M. Training Prison, former

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Geelong Gaol, a brick and bluestone construction, erected in 1849 and 1864 is the oldest, continuously inhabited penal building in Victoria and an outstanding work of Colonial Clerk of Works, Henry Ginn. The complex is most notable for the precise and traditional plan layout finely detailed and crafted masonry cell blocks and Italianate style entrance gates and governor's house. The buildings are representative of the style of institutional architecture of the Victorian colony prior to , and after separation in 1851.

The penal complex was erected by a variety of contractors assisted by prison labour.

REFERENCE

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) File 3199.

Wilkins, MC - 'The Geelong Gaol 1849-1974' Unpublished research essay, 1974.

Geelong Advertiser - 13th May 1848, 5th July 1849, 17th September 1849, 24th November 1949, 29th December 1849, 5th June 1850, 24th August 1850, 25th 24th June 1852, 1st July 1852, 20th February 1854, 25th July 1854, 5th February 1856, 5th November 1859, 24th December 1859. 13th December 1869, 27th June 1873, 20th September 1873, 8th October 1873, 22nd January 1876, 8th June 1877, 10th July 1877 - various ender notices and references to the Geelong Gaol.

Cunningham, JB - 'Victorian Gaols 1857-1864' History of Architecture Research Essay, Department of Architecture, Melbourne University.

Smith, James - The Cyclopedia of Victoria, 3 Volumes, The Cyclopedia Co, Melbourne, 1904, volume 2, p.432

Group

Law Enforcement

Category

Prison