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The "new" Gaol was opened in1892. There's a delightful description of a reporter's visit and the names of guards etc. Could these be the folk posing outside the new building (with the door open)? From the 'Barrier Miner' (Broken Hill) 17/1/1892 p.4 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44088907 Google Street View - maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geo...

I must admit I had doubts this was Broken Hill, because of the grand size of the building, and the almost complete lack of any other photos of the place to compare. But I was wrong, and this photo matches -



"Visitor Information: Bookings are not required. Visiting times are weekends and public holidays between 10.00am and 2.30pm. Notice of intention to visit is appreciated, but not required. "

beachcomber australia Thanks for your research, we will update the caption to "c.1892". ...I see there was an escape from the newly-opened gaol just a week before this reporter's story but he wasn't on the run for long. Our catalogue, Archives Investigator [see Advanced Search --> Agency --> 463], states that "the prisoners were transferred to the new premises on 8 November, 1892 which is considered to be the commencement date of the new Broken Hill Gaol." The prisoners were transferred from Silverton Gaol (the Police Gaol at Broken Hill) opened in 1888 and disestablished after the transfer of prisoners in 1892. AB

You'll note it says British Blocks No 29(?) British Blocks was a mine - would 29 be the number of the image in the series. In any case British Blocks should be added to the metadata to aid searching.

This photograph is of a steam tram in Argent street Broken Hill

Thanks for identifying the street, barnsey9. Here is a link to the Google street view.

Yep sure is Argent St. The towers behind are from front to back the Court, Town Hall and with the clock the post office. Im building a G scale model of the Town Hall for my garden tramway in G scale

Sounds great, I hope you add a photo of it to your Flickr stream for us all to see! AB