Old Dubbo Gaol

Education Directory introduces Old Dubbo Gaol in Dubbo, for all your education and learning needs.

The Old Dubbo Gaol was a courthouse lockup in 1847, was proclaimed an official Gaol in 1859 and closed operations as a penal institution in 1966. Officially re-opened as a tourist attraction in 1974, the Old Dubbo Gaol is now fully restored and is home to a large display of animatronic models and holographic displays which provide a realistic and fascinating insight into a bygone era of barbaric prison life.

Wandering around this unique collection of 19th century buildings and artefacts, learning the stories of prison life, and spending a moment in the pitch black of the solitary confinement cell, will be certain to send a chill up your spine.

The school tours that are held in the Old Dubbo Gaol cater to varying grades from primary and secondary towards the tertiary end of the educational scale.

Some of the areas that are focused on are;

• A day in the life of a prisoner in the 19th century

• Illness and sickness in a 19th century Gaol

• Capital punishment and executions

• Punishment and discipline within the prison system

• The development of gaols over the 19th and 20th centuries