Richmond Gaol Tour In Tasmania | Historic Tour Details

TOUR DETAILS

SOMETHING FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

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RICHMOND GAOL

Tour Details

Current Opening Hours

Open 9am to 5pm 7 days per week (closed Christmas Day)

We are open every day including every Public Holiday (except Christmas Day) and also every day during the Easter period.

No booking required for this self-guided tour.
Entry fees payable in souvenir and gift shop.

Admission:
Adults: $12
Children: $6
Family $30 (2 adults and children 5 – 16 yrs)

Group concessions available on request

FEATURES

Solitary confinement cells (both male and female)
Punishment cells
Chain gangs and convict holding rooms
Flogging yard and privy
Cookhouse with original oven
Gaol model
Gaoler’s house
Things to find sheets for children
Souvenir and gift shop (free entry) – our souvenir and gift shop is stocked with a wide range of Richmond Goal, Richmond and Tasmanian souvenirs.

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FEATURES

Solitary confinement cells
Punishment cells
Chain gangs and convict holding rooms
Flogging yard and privy
Cookhouse with original oven
Gaol model
Visitor information and Site guide
Trail sheets for children
Souvenir and craft shop (free entry)

Find Them All

While exploring Australia’s oldest and best preserved convict gaol let the kids and kids at heart take on the Richmond Gaol Things to Find Challenge to find all the hidden historic items.

A TRULY

Unique Experience

Richmond Gaol, as we see it today, was built over a period of 15 years, between 1825 and 1840. The oldest part of the complex is the 1825 building which not only provided night and day quarters for the prisoners, but also housed the Gaoler. It is now OVER 200 years old!

From all accounts, it was invariably overcrowded. The building was constructed of local sandstone from a
nearby quarry and built by convict labour.
Over the years more buildings were added;
the Gaoler’s house in 1834, the cookhouse, solitary confinement cells and women’s quarters in 1835 and the surrounding wall in 1840.

From 1877 until 1928 Richmond Gaol was utilised as the local lock-up and was then closed down. It opened again in the 1940s as an historic site and visitor attraction.