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The Gaol Governor's House which blocked Melville Street.


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      Creator(s):
Hutchinson, John

Date: 1961 -

Description: Monochrome photograph laminated over a white cardboard mount. The prison walls of the Hobart Penitentiary flank either side of this two storied house. The road surface in front of the house is uneven and unsealed. The house was in use in from the 1850s until November 1960. It was demolished in 1963.

Format: Pictorial and artistic works
Object: photographs
Material: cardboard

Titles:
The Gaol Governor's House which blocked Melville Street.

Subjects: prisonsconvictshistoric sites

Places: Hobart, TasmaniaCampbell Street Gaol, Hobart (Tas.)

Institution: Penitentiary Chapel Historic Site Management Committee

Object number: PCH_00005

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