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Newcastle Gaol Museum, the Glossary

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The Newcastle Gaol Museum is a prison museum on Clinton Street in Toodyay, Western Australia, founded in 1962.[1]

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  1. 32 relations: Australian Museums and Galleries Association, Bailup, Western Australia, Charles Fitzgerald, Civil Police (Brazil), Corrugated galvanised iron, John Drummond (Australian settler), John Hutt, Justice of the peace, Land grant, Legcuffs, Michael Clarkson (pastoralist), Moondyne Joe, Noongar, Penal labour, Pensioner Guards, Public works, Quoin, Recession, Resident magistrate, Richard Roach Jewell, Samuel Pole Phillips, Special police, The Queen's Head, Toodyay, The West Australian, Toodyay Barracks, Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (1851), Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (1852–1872), Toodyay valley, Toodyay, Western Australia, Western Australia, Western Mail (Western Australia), York, Western Australia.

  2. Convictism in Western Australia
  3. Defunct prisons in Western Australia
  4. Museums established in 1962
  5. Museums in Western Australia
  6. Prison museums in Australia
  7. State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Toodyay

Australian Museums and Galleries Association

The Australian Museums and Galleries Association (AMaGA), formerly Museums Galleries Australia and Museums Australia, is the national professional organisation and peak council for museums and public art galleries in Australia.

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Bailup, Western Australia

Bailup is a Western Australian locality and rural residential estate located northeast of the state capital, Perth, along Toodyay Road.

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Charles Fitzgerald

Charles Fitzgerald (– 29 December 1887) was an officer in the British Royal Navy and Governor of The Gambia from 1844 until 1847, then Governor of Western Australia from 1848 to 1855.

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Civil Police (Brazil)

In Brazil, the Civilian Police (Polícia Civil) is the name of the investigative state police forces.

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Corrugated galvanised iron

Corrugated galvanised iron (CGI) or steel, colloquially corrugated iron (near universal), wriggly tin (taken from UK military slang), pailing (in Caribbean English), corrugated sheet metal (in North America), zinc (in Cyprus and Nigeria) or custom orb / corro sheet (Australia) is a building material composed of sheets of hot-dip galvanised mild steel, cold-rolled to produce a linear ridged pattern in them.

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John Drummond (Australian settler)

John Nicol Drummond (1816–1906) was an early settler in Western Australia.

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John Hutt

John Hutt (24 July 1795 – 9 April 1880) was Governor of Western Australia from 1839 to 1846.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Land grant

A land grant is a gift of real estate—land or its use privileges—made by a government or other authority as an incentive, means of enabling works, or as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service.

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Legcuffs

Legcuffs are physical restraints used on the ankles of a person to allow walking only with a restricted stride and to prevent running and effective physical resistance.

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Michael Clarkson (pastoralist)

Michael Clarkson (7 June 1804 – April 1871) was one of the early settlers in colonial Western Australia and in particular the Avon region.

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Moondyne Joe

Joseph Bolitho Johns (February 1826 – 13 August 1900), better known as Moondyne Joe, was an English convict and Western Australia's best-known bushranger.

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Noongar

The Noongar (also spelt Noongah, Nyungar, Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast.

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Penal labour

Penal labour is a term for various kinds of forced labour that prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour.

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Pensioner Guards

The Pensioner Guards were English military personnel who served on convict transportation ships en route to colonial Western Australia between 1850 and 1868, and were given employment and grants of land on arrival.

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Public works

Public works are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and procured by a government body for recreational, employment, and health and safety uses in the greater community.

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Quoin

Quoins are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall.

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Recession

In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction that occurs when there is a general decline in economic activity.

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Resident magistrate

A resident magistrate is a title for magistrates used in certain parts of the world, that were, or are, governed by the British.

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Richard Roach Jewell

Richard Roach Jewell (1810 in Barnstaple, Devon, England – 1891 in Perth, Western Australia) was an architect who designed many of the important public buildings in Perth during the latter half of the nineteenth century.

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Samuel Pole Phillips

Samuel Pole Phillips (11 March 181913 June 1901) was an Australian pastoralist and politician.

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Special police

Special police usually describes a police force or unit within a such an agency whose duties and responsibilities are significantly different from other forces in the same country or from other personnel within the same agency, although there is no consistent international definition.

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The Queen's Head, Toodyay

The Queen's Head was a hotel in West Toodyay in Western Australia in the latter half of the 19th century.

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The West Australian

The West Australian is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia.

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Toodyay Barracks

The Toodyay Barracks (also referred to at various times as the Military Barracks, Police Station or Police Barracks) and its stables, erected in 1842, were the first buildings constructed in the townsite of Toodyay, Western Australia.

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Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (1851)

In 1851, the Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot was set up in the original township of Toodyay, now called West Toodyay.

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Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (1852–1872)

Construction of the new Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot began in February 1852 and was completed by 1856. Newcastle Gaol Museum and Toodyay Convict Hiring Depot (1852–1872) are state Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Toodyay.

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Toodyay valley

Toodyay valley is an older term for the section of the Avon River valley in Western Australia, where the town of Toodyay, and its original site ("Old Toodyay", now West Toodyay) are located.

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Toodyay, Western Australia

Toodyay (Duidgee), known as Newcastle between 1860 and 1910, is a town on the Avon River in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, north-east of Perth.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.

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Western Mail (Western Australia)

The Western Mail, or Western Mail, was the name of two weekly newspapers published in Perth, Western Australia.

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York, Western Australia

York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia, situated on the Avon River, east of Perth in the Wheatbelt, on Ballardong Nyoongar land,King, A and Parker, E: York, Western Australia's first inland town, Parker Print, 2003 p.3.

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See also

Convictism in Western Australia

Defunct prisons in Western Australia

Museums established in 1962

Museums in Western Australia

Prison museums in Australia

State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Toodyay

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Gaol_Museum

Also known as Old Gaol Museum.