Hay Gaol Museum

Point of Interest

Contact

355 Church Street, Hay, New South Wales / ACT.

(02) 6993 4045

visithay@hay.nsw.gov.au

Visithay.com.au

Description

Opened in 1880, the state heritage listed Hay Goal has an intriguing history. Over the last century, it operated as a goal, a maternity hospital, a locked hospital for the insane, a prisoner of war detention centre for Japanese and Italian prisoners, an institute for girls and now finally a museum. Come and explore Hay Goal and find out it history! Wandering through the goal and discover stories of it past. Learn how a PWO was able to escape from such a tight fortress. See the van that the girls were transported in under the darkness of night. Think about what it was like to spend time in the solitary cell. Open 7 days per week from 9am - 5pm

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Location

Lat: -34.503347 Lng: 144.850937