Inside A Brief History Of The Adelaide Gaol
Biography & Memoir History True Crime
Inside a Brief History of the Adelaide Gaol by Sue Scheiffers unpacks the 147-year story of South Australia’s most notorious prison in a compact, illustrated paperback. Published in 2002, this true-crime history blends biography, local lore and criminology to show how the stone walls shaped colonial and modern Adelaide.
Rich photographs, floor plans and archival sketches bring the empty cellblocks, gallows and exercise yards to life, making the book as visual as it is informative. Young-adult and adult readers curious about Australian jail life, heritage architecture or dark tourism will find the images and anecdotes compelling.
Scheiffers keeps the narrative tight, focusing on key inmates, wardens and dramatic escapes without sensationalising the grim details. The result is a balanced portrait that satisfies both casual readers and students of Australian penal history.
This clean, tightly bound copy shows no writing, dog-ears or smoke odour—just crisp pages ready for your collection of local South Australian history.
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