Castlemaine villains

**ozwinner** · 10th August 2007, 08:45 PM

Castlemaine villains were housed here.

The goal is not open to the public more the pity, but it may open in the near future.

The whole place exudes history as you walk around the outside perimeter, I got a kick from the place from the history side of things and the construction.

The towers seem to be later additions as they are slightly different bricks and they are Tuck pointed where as the rest of the place seems to be weather struck.

Al

**ozwinner** · 10th August 2007, 08:51 PM

A pic of the Guverns house, also a thumbprint brick, I believe the thumbprint was to signify that 500 bricks had been made by the maker.

Also, half way up the wall (4 Metres) there is a brick with a W carved into it before it was fired, some sort of rebellion maybe by the brick maker as I assume the brick makers were prisoners.

Al

**Iain** · 12th August 2007, 10:18 AM

I spent some time in there Al, lovely place, cold as buggery in the winter and hot in the summer.
They used to have buckets in the cells then, in typical style of the State Government, they put plumbing and dunnies in and then shut it down

Geelong was much the same, in fact I think Beechworth is the only one now used that has some history, and new plumbing.
20 years before I got my permit and a new life.....................

**ozwinner** · 12th August 2007, 06:01 PM

What were you in for?

Al

**Iain** · 13th August 2007, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by ozwinner

What were you in for?

Al

Some people are just plain thick

, I told you, 20 years

**ozwinner** · 13th August 2007, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by Iain

Some people are just plain thick

, I told you, 20 years

20 years for what?

Al

**Iain** · 13th August 2007, 07:46 PM

Abuse, insults, foul language, tolerating incompetent department heads etc, then I saw the light and resigned, with a bit of help from Jeff Kennett who made it a bit more profitable for me.
I actually had to work with some of the hardest cases in the State, lying thieving bastards who would stab you in the back as quick as look at you, deceitful and with no morals whatsoever, and to make it worse, after I finished with them I had to work with the crims

**ozwinner** · 13th August 2007, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by Iain

I actually had to work with some of the hardest cases in the State, lying thieving bastards who would stab you in the back as quick as look at you, deceitful and with no morals whatsoever, and to make it worse, after I finished with them I had to work with the crims

So you worked for the government?

Al

**ozwinner** · 13th August 2007, 07:55 PM

So all jokes aside Iain, when was the place closed down?

Al

**Iain** · 13th August 2007, 07:55 PM

No, I was employed by them, work has a totally different meaning

I don't recall when it was closed but I think it was the late 80's or early 90's, mate of mine was the last Governor and he has since lost himself in Queensland somewhere.
I got out of the service in 93 and it was well and truly closed then.
Google 1990

**Article99** · 13th August 2007, 09:05 PM

1994, apparantly. ???

http://www.oldcastlemainegaol.com.au...gn_draft_1.htm

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