A brief and
easy history
of Darlinghurst Jail
Read about the
old Darlinghurst Gaol, or Jail.
Stories of the jail, cells,
gallows, convicts
and gamblers
of Sydney Town in the 1840s.
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The
partly-built Darlinghurst Jail around 1840.
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The Jail Chapel
and Bath House
(The Bath House was on the ground floor,
and the chapel was reached by overhead walkways
from each cell building).
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