Richmond Gaol

Richmond Gaol in Tasmania, Australia is an historic site and popular visitor attraction. Complete with visitor information, site guide, souvenir and craft shop, we invite you to take a step back in time and explore the original gaol buildings and rooms.

Read the stories of the men and women who passed through these doors. Step inside solitary confinement cells and experience the isolation of imprisonment. Listen to the special sound effects to enhance the experience, creating an atmosphere beyond description.

Discover fragments of the lives of the hundreds of men and women who passed through these doors. Isaac “Ikey” Solomon (1785–1850) an English criminal who became an extremely successful receiver of stolen property, is widely regarded as the model for the character Fagin in Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist. After being tried at the Old Bailey 1830, was sent to Richmond Gaol in 1832.

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