NSW Dept of Corrective Services Museum, Cooma, Australia
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S 36° 13.993 E 149° 07.379
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A goal (jail) museum dating back to the arrival of convicts and officers on the First Fleet in 1788.
Waymark Code: WM1RV1
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 07/03/2007
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Opened on 25 August 2005, the museum contains a treasure-trove of items donated by correctional centres and staff from around NSW.
The Department of Corrective Services’ Museum is a living Museum, as it employs elect inmates in a variety of areas such as tour guides, sales assistants, collection management and craft manufacturing.
The inmate who was giving the tour when I visited was very open about his own personal circumstances and his perspective on "the system".
Days and Hours of Operation:
Tues - Fri 12.30 - 3.30
Sat 9.15 - 3.30
Address:
1 Vale Street
Cooma, NSW Australia
2630
Related Website: [Web Link]
Price of Admission: 2.00 (listed in local currency)
What is in the collection:
All things to do with the prison system and its history in NSW.
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