TIME LINE
Pew – 1788:
The Burramattagal people inhabit the area
1788:
Governor Phillip names the district Rose Hill due to its proximity to
thriver and lush landscape
1796: First gaol in
Parramatta was built “on the north bank of the river near the south boundary of
the present Prince Alfred Park” and
was constructed of timber and thatch
1799: Parramatta Gaol was damaged in a fire. Several
convicts were badly burned and at least one died later of his injuries
1804:
Parramatta Gaol building work was completed early 1804 at the cost of £1500
1807: Gaol
was badly damaged by fire on the 21st December, 1807
1835: Planning
began for the construction of a new gaol
1836: Work commenced on a 250 feet square
perimeter wall at its present location on the corner of Clifford and
Dunlop Sts a short distance from the Female Factory.
1836
– 1842: Building progressed through and
resulted in a perimeter wall, governor's house cum chapel and three of the intended five wings costing £34,168
1842: Prisoners were transferred to the site on 15
January 1842
Late
1850s: With better
economic times, the gaol area was doubled, workshops and a cookhouse were
built, two
of the original cell wings were converted to male and female hospital wings
1883 –
1889: Three additional cell wings were built, largely by prison labor. One of
these wings was reserved
for prisoners certified insane
1897: Parramatta was the second largest gaol in the
colony, with 364 men and eight women inmates
1899: all double cells were converted to single
cells, electricity was installed, the prisoners'
circumambulatory
walks were replaced by physical drill, and a sixth wing was completed
1929: Parramatta Gaol had become the State's
principal manufacturing gaol, producing boots, brushes, tinware,
clothes, joinery and foodstuffs
1940:
Various unsympathetic architectural additions were made to the nineteenth
century structure
1970: Parramatta Linen Service, a large auditorium,
and an extension to the 1846 gatehouse were built
1990: Reception, administration and visitors'
buildings were designed to better match the original sandstone structure
2008: The Parramatta Correctional
Centre
2012: Parramatta Gaol Closed
Neera Sahni
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