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Historic Sites Attractions In Junortoun

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Junortoun is a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The suburb is located 6 kilometres east of the Bendigo city centre along the McIvor Highway. At the 2016 census, Junortoun had a population of approximately 3,200.The original inhabitants of Junortoun were the Dja Dja Warrung people who lived throughout the Loddon Valley for thousands of years prior to European settlement. It was originally established as “Homebush”, centred around the Homebush Estate. The name was changed to Junortoun around 1912 to avoid confusion with Homebush, New South Wales.Junortoun includes the Coolock campus of Catholic secondary school Catherine McAuley College. The c...
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  • 1. Old Castlemaine Gaol Castlemaine
    The Old Castlemaine Gaol is a prison located in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. The prison was modelled on Pentonville; the present building replaced the original, designed by Inspector General John Price which was never occupied. Built in 1861 to house offenders from the goldfields and nearby towns, it served various functions in the penal system before it was closed down and its prisoners transferred to HM Prison Loddon in 1990. From 1861 to 1908 , the gaol housed all manner of criminals, including lunatics, debtors and ten men that were hanged within the walls. In the later of these years however, the gaol housed mostly short term sentenced prisoners and first time offenders. Between 1909 and 1951, the gaol was transformed into a reformatory school for boys aged between 16 and 25 . Th...
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