Stuart Town Gaol

In the larger cell there are iron rings are cemented into the floor (12 for males and 4 for females[2]); supposedly for restraining difficult prisoners.

[4] The first Keeper of the Gaol, John Dow, recalled in 1929: The jail filled all requirements at that time, and was a credit to the Government.

... there was an exercise yard at the southern end of the jail which was not covered, and a dividing wall between the white and the black quarters.

Most were arrested for stealing cattle, rations and other goods, and gaol records show a direct correlation between periods of drought and spikes in these supposed crimes.

[9] In the 1970s the building was threatened with demolition but was saved by the National Trust of Australia,[3] with a campaign led by Doreen Braitling.