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Mount Gambier Gaol

Closed 1995Low
Verified 28 May 2026
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Background

Mount Gambier Gaol is a heritage-listed former prison and now converted accommodation and events venue in Mount Gambier, South Australia. It is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. It was first planned in 1862, but saw extended delays in construction, and was finally completed on 8 January 1866, four years after initially planned, opening on 4 April 1866. An extension for a women's section was added in 1873. The gaol closed in 1995, when the new Mount Gambier Prison opened on a different site.

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Occupancy

Year opened

1866

Closed 1995

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Mixed/unknown

Opened

1866

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No

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