Gaols Department (1944 - 1959)

From

1944

To

1959

Categories

Government Department

Location

Tasmania

The Gaols Department replaced the HM Gaols Department in 1944. It had oversight of the inmates of the Police Watch House in Launceston and other local gaols and ran Campbell Street Gaol in Hobart. In 1959, it became the Prisons Department.

Timeline

1936 - 1944

HM Gaols Department

1944 - 1959

Gaols Department

1959 - 1983

Prisons Department