Darlinghurst Gaol and East Sydney Technical College, ca. 1920-1959
Darlinghurst Gaol and East Sydney Technical College, ca. 1920-1959
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1920-1959
Call Numbers
PXE 1468
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
58 photographs - 25.3 x 20.2 cm - black & white
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Research & study copies allowed
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Photographic copy prints from a variety of sources and ranging from the last days of Darlinghurst Gaol to the 1950s when the Cell Block Theatre was built. Collection includes aerial photographs of the Darlinghurst Gaol site, photographs of site and building plans and photographs from the visit of Katharine Hepburn and Robert Helpmann in 1955.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Darlinghurst Gaol and East Sydney Technical College, ca. 1920-1959
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.4768 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by the Department of Public Works, July 1980
Pic.Acc.4768
Original held by
Original photographs held by the NSW Department of Public Works
Administrative / Biographical history
Construction on the wall of Darlinghurst Gaol began in 1822, with some of the cellblocks completed in 1840. The first prisoners occupied the gaol in 1841. Darlinghurst Gaol was completed in 1885.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Darlinghurst Gaol became increasingly overcrowded, with continuous problems with drainage, security and...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1468
Record Identifier
YoldaV29
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YoldaV29
Other Identifiers
Reference code
910788
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