Gladstone gaol

Gladstone has some of the largest grain silos in SA & is surrounded by wheat & sheep. Together with Peterborough it is one of two places in southern hemisphere where you can still see 3 railway gauges (Broad, Standard & Narrow)

 

Historic Gladstone gaol 1881 -1975. Second largest rural gaol in Australia with 125 cells. During World War 11, it was used as an internment camp for Italian & German internees. For a short while it was under the command of the Army & used as a military prison.

 

 

During late 1979 the gaol "reopened" under the fictitious name of Gatunga whilst Smiley Films P/L used the complex to recreate prison life for the movie STIR starring Bryan Brown

 

 

 

Check out Bob behind the door hatch

 

 

We were lucky enough to have a gentleman who was a Superintendant officer @ this gaol & now running the tours, so really had some inside stories told to us