Old Gaol, Albany

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

00037

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Location

2-4 Parade St Albany

Location Details

255-267 Stirling Tce, Albany

Other Name(s)

Convict Hiring Depot

Local Government

Albany

Region

Great Southern

Construction Date

Constructed from 1852 to 1873

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	27 Oct 2020		City of Albany
State Register	Registered	27 Feb 1996	Register Entry Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	27 Oct 2020	Exceptional	Exceptional Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example.	City of Albany
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	30 Jun 2001	Category A+	Category A+ • Already recognised at the highest level – the WA State Register of Heritage Places. Redevelopment requires consultation with the Heritage Council of WA and the City of Albany. • Provide maximum encouragement to the owner under the City of Albany Town Planning Scheme to conserve the significance of the place. • Incentives to promote heritage conservation should be considered.	City of Albany
Register of the National Estate	Indicative Place
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	04 Apr 1977
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	21 Mar 1978

Parent Place or Precinct

18405 Amity Heritage Precinct, Albany

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Matthew Flinders	Architect	-	-

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
1932	Old Gaol Albany Schedule for restoration work for Stage One (Preliminary)	Report	1990
1973	Old Gaol Albany Conservation and restoration report Completed work Stage 2	Report	1991
1926	Old Albany Gaol historical study and report	Report	1989
9830	Old Gaol - Albany.	Conservation works report	1993
328	Albany, Western Australia : the first hundred years, 1791-1891.	Book	1992
11358	Cast iron pillar boxes of Western Australia: An early history of the J & E Ledger foundry	Book	2015
8851	Albany waterfront structure plan. Heritage report, heritage impact study.	Heritage Study {Other}	2007
1151	Old gaol Albany : A report on the Old Gaol's use as a museum	Report	1989
6426	A preliminary study of convict sites in Western Australia (draft).	Heritage Study {Other}	1997
1316	Old gaol Albany : conservation and restoration - completed work stage four	Report	1996
171	Old Gaol Albany conservation and restoration report completed work stage three	Report	1993

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Other Use	EDUCATIONAL	Museum
Original Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Gaol
Present Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Police Station or Quarters

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick
Wall	STONE	Granite

Historic Themes

General	Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY	Settlements
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Law & order

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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