Monday, December 10, 2012

Australia - Ararat

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Former J Ward, Ararat, for the criminally insane . J Ward started as a goldfields prison in 1859. In the mid 1880s the prison buildings were acquired by the Lunacy Department as a temporary housing for the Criminally Insane. The County Gaol then became a ward J Ward of the Ararat Lunatic Asylum where the most depraved and most dangerous men in Victoria were housed in horrific conditions under the highest security.24646122 N00 has added Australia Ararat at 2009 12 28 17 33 17 and tagged as australia victoria


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