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Fannie Bay Gaol depicts the early Territory penal system and was in use until 1979 when Berrimah Gaol was commissioned. Take a look inside a cell and see the conditions the prisoners of yesterday had to endure.
The earliest building in Fannie Bay Gaol was opened in 1883 and the 31 prisoners who had been held in a one room lock up in Mitchell Street Darwin, and their guards, became the Gaol's first residents.
Cell blocks A and B comprised 16 bare cells, each 3m squre and fitted with ringbolts and restraining chains.
These Heritage Properties managed by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northen Territory, represent the extreme opposite ends of Darwin social life in the past.
Open Days , 10:00am to 3:00pm
Gold Coin Donation
Closed for Good Friday/Christmas Day/Boxing day/New Years Day until January 2nd .
Staff close for lunch from 11:30am - 12:30pm
Well worth a vist.
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