Leg Irons

Equipment

Bound by Iron

These leg irons once bound prisoners at Newcastle Gaol. Aboriginal prisoners in particular were bound by the legs and chained, even inside the tiny stone cell into which they were crammed behind locked doors.

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Old Newcastle Gaol

Harsh realities of early prison life on show at Newcastle Gaol Museum

Enter Newcastle Gaol Museum and find yourself hurtling back in time to imagine life as a prisoner here from 1865 to the early 1900s. The tiny cells are most disturbing, particularly the Aboriginal...

Address:

13 Clinton St
Toodyay WA 6566
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9574 2435

Email:

Toodyay.museums@toodyay.wa.gov.au

Open Hours

7 days 10am - 3pm; Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Good Friday

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Walking Stick

Around 1900, Aboriginal Elder Jack Woma carved this walking stick, which shows a snake encircling the walking stick’s length. As Aboriginal people didn’t use walking sticks, it’s likely he carved the...

Compass

This compass is thought to have belonged to Joseph Bolitho Johns who became infamous throughout Western Australia in the mid to late 1800s as bushranger Moondyne Joe. Johns arrived in Australia in...