Site Details

Name

Stuart Town Gaol

Status

Permanent Declaration

Type

Place

Description

Statement Of
Heritage Value

The construction of the Stuart Town Gaol and associated Police Station was commenced in 1907 utilising the expertise of local builders with stone and timber obtained from the district.
Inadequate facilities, jeopardised by periodic flooding of the Todd River, at the former site adjacent to the southern side of Heavitree Gap, prompted the move which was officially completed in 1909.

Following its closure in 1938, the building was used for police storage purposes and, although in 1973 major emphasis was placed on its demolition or removal to make way for a new Supreme Court building, it was eventually incorporated in the precinct design and appropriately restored.

As the first Government building within the Town area of Stuart (now Alice Springs) it aptly demonstrates the principal characteristics of early prison design and construction in remote areas. Harsh, but basically functional, it reflected community attitudes towards imprisonment at the turn of the Century.

Nominated

24/03/1993

Nomination Refused

Nomination Accepted

10/05/1993

Provisional Declaration

Assessment Report
Considered

09/08/1993

Report Action

Comment sought

Report Comments

Recommended

Not Recommended

Refused By Minister

Referred Back

Signed By Minister

06/01/1994

Publish notice of
declaration

15/02/1994

Gazetted

19/01/1994

Revoked

Destroyed

File No

H2001/29

Value

Historic

Conservation Policy

LGA

Comments

Construction commenced in 1907 at the former site, but flooding caused a move which was officially completed in 1909.

Photo

	Name	Description	Date Added
View	StuartTownGaol_LR2.jpg	Stuart Town Gaol	15/FEB/16
View	StuartTownGaol_LR5.jpg	Stuart Town Gaol (Rear)	15/FEB/16
View	StuartTownGaol_LR8.jpg	Internal	15/FEB/16

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Scan

	Name	Description	Date Added
View	Instrument and Gazettal.pdf	-	05/FEB/09

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Further Information

no data found

Approximate Location

LAIS Key	Street Number	Street Name	Suburb	Location Code	Lot Number	LTO Plan	Part	Tenure
010 08056	8	PARSONS	ALICE SPRINGS	010	8056	-	-	Crown Lease Perpetual

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Status Explanations

Nomination Period - a nomination has been accepted by Heritage Branch, but has not yet been accepted by the Heritage Council; OR a nomination has been accepted by the Heritage Council but the place/object has not yet been subject to a heritage assessment.

Assessment Period - a nomination has been accepted by the Heritage Council and the place/object is in the process of being assessed.

Consultation Period - Heritage assessment has been completed and s24 of the Act has been instigated, ie comment has been sought on a proposal to declare the place/object.

Recommendation Period - the Heritage Council has made a recommendation to declare the place/object and the Minister's final decision is awaited.

Not Recommended - a decision has been made by the Heritage Council not to recommend to the Minister that a place/object be declared

Declared - the Minister has made a decision to declare the place/object

Refused - the Minister has refused to declare the place/object