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== location ==
at the top of Forde Street
== Beginings ==
== Importance of Beechworth Gaol ==
The Kellys met Joe Byrne and Steve Hart in Beechworth Gaol
The Gaol was the major prison in North Eastern Victoria
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Photograph
== What was Beechworth Gaol like in the late 1870s ==
Some were not happy at taking cases from all over North Eastern Victoria to Beechworth, particularly after the railway arrived ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 25/4/1873|Ensign25/4/1873]])
Mr '''Thompson''' was the governor of the Gaol in early 1879
The twelve members of the [[Army|artillery force]], under Sergeant O'Neill, are quartered in the gaol, where two of them were always on duty ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 7/1/1879 (3)|OMA 7/1/1879]])
By the time of Ned Kelly's committal Mr '''Williams''' was the Governor ([[The Age (30)|Age6/8/1880]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 8/8/1880|Argus10/8/80]]) ([[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 12/8/1880 (4)|kilmore12/8/1880]])
== Facilities in Beechworth Gaol in the late 1870s ==
The Gaol was not a nice place to spend any time. The outer wall is solid granite. The cells are small and isolated from each other. Don't event think of any modern plumbing, a bucket in the corner of the cell for a toilet, a tiny slit for light and air and a hatch in the door for communications when the guards wanted to talk. Hot in summer and really cold in winter.
== Links to the KellyGang ==
<blockquote>In 1869 Ned Kelly spent nearly 2 months in the Gaol on remand on a charge of being an accomplice of [[Harry Power|Harry Power]] He was about 13 The charge was dismissed.
Harry Power spent time in the Gaol before he was transferred to [[Pentridge|Pentridge]] prison.
In November [[1864-1873 Events|1870]] [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was imprisoned for 3 months in Beechworth Gaol for assault and lewd behaviour for assaulting Jeremiah [[Jeremiah McCormack|McCormack]].
In August 1871 Ned Kelly spent 18 months in the Gaol before being transferred to Pentridge prison to serve the rest of a 3 year sentence on a charge of receiving a stolen mare
In 1873 [[James Kelly|James Kelly]] arrived in Beechworth Gaol for 5 years for cattle duffing. ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 22/4/1873|Ensign22/4/1873]])
In [[1874-1877 Events|1876]] Aaron [[Aaron Sherritt|Sherritt]] and Joe [[Joe Byrne|Byrne]] served 6 months in Beechworth Gaol for illegal possession of meat
In January [[1874-1877 Events|1877]] Joe Byrne served 6 months forin Beechworth Gaol for assaulting a [[Chinese|Chinaman]] who tried to stop me swimming in the Woolshed dam.
In July 1877 [[Steve Hart|Steve Hart]] with his brother [[Richard Hart|Richard Hart]] and [[John O'Brien|John OBrien]] served a time in Beechworth after being found guilty of horse stealing
On 19 October 1877 [[Dan Kelly|Dan Kelly]] and [[Tom Lloyd Jnr|Tom]] and [[Jack Lloyd Jnr|Jack]] Lloyd served 3 months in Beechworth Gaol for the assault on [[David Goodman|David Goodman]]
After being arrested for the assault on Const [[Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]], [[Mrs Ellen Kelly|Mrs Kelly]], William [[William Williamson, Brickey|Williamson]] and William [[William Skillion|Skillion]] were held in the Beechwoth Gaol.
Com [[Standish|Standish]] issued warrants for the arrest of about twenty of the [[Sympathizers|sympathizers]]; they were all arrested on [[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|2/1/1879]] and remanded to Beechworth, and they were kept in the Gaol, most of them were in custody here untill [[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|22/4/1879]]. ([[Royal Commission report day 11 page 4|RC2029]]) ([[The Ovens and Murray Advertiser 7/1/1879 (3)|OMA7/1/1879]]) ([[The Complete Inner History of the KellyGang and their Pursuers (35)|JJK]])
The [[Sympathizers|sympathizers]] were photographed while in Beechworth Gaol ([[The Argus at KellyGang 27/1/1879 (3)|Argus27/1/79]])
28/2/[[events79-2_4Jerilderie Robbery|1879]] Tom [[Tom Lloyd Jnr|Loyd]] sentenced to 3 months for indecent assault.
On [[1880-07---aftermath|1/8/1880]] [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was taken by train from the [[Melbourne Gaol|Melbourne Gaol]] to the Beechworth Gaol for his committal ([[Royal Commission report day 18 page 10|RC5495]]) ([[The Argus at KellyGang 2/8/1880 (2)|Argus2/8/80]])
Prior to this the woden main gate of the Gaol was replaced for fear that the mob might try to break into the Gaol to free Ned Kelly
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== What is happening at the Beechworth Gaol today ==
The Gaol has been closed and the site is being redeveloped Do you know what this is , could it have been a Baby cradle from Beechworth Gaol . If you have any information please [mailto:joe@kelltgang.asn.au ]
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