Brisbane Gaol
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Entrance to the former Petrie Terrace Police Depot, 2009
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| Location | 25-61 Petrie Terrace, Petrie Terrace, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′55″S 153°00′49″E / 27.4654°S 153.0135°ECoordinates: 27°27′55″S 153°00′49″E / 27.4654°S 153.0135°E |
| Design period | 1840s–1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1850s–1960s |
| Official name: Petrie Terrace Police Depot (former), Underground Night Club | |
| Type | state heritage (built, archaeological) |
| Designated | 23 July 1999 |
| Reference no. | 601894 |
| Significant period | 1850s-1860s, 1930s (historical) 1850s-1930s (fabric) |
| Significant components | parade ground/quadrangle/assembly ground, barracks – police, stables, roof/ridge ventilator/s / fleche/s, garage, fence/wall – perimeter, wall/s – retaining, workshop |
| Builders | Andrew Petrie, John Petrie, Joshua Jeays |
 Location of Petrie Terrace Police Depot in Queensland
Location of Petrie Terrace Police Depot in Queensland
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Petrie Terrace Police Depot is a heritage-listed former police barracks at 25-61 Petrie Terrace, Petrie Terrace, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1850s to 1960s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 July 1999.
The site was vacated by the police in the mid-1980s and sold in 1987. The police barracks remained unused for two decades, while the two other surviving buildings saw alternate uses for some years. In 2007–08, the entire site was redeveloped as a commercial and retail precinct known as "The Barracks".
The site of the former Petrie Terrace Police Depot occupies the southwest edge of a ridge formerly known as Green Hills, which overlooks the former Roma Street railway yards and the Brisbane central business district. The place has been associated with penal and police activity in Queensland since the 1850s. The site was occupied by the second purpose-built Brisbane Gaol from November 1860 until July 1883, and functioned as a police barracks from 1885 until the mid-1980s. Within the former Petrie Terrace Police Depot, the former Police Barracks, opened in September 1939, is a highly visible and prominent landmark in Brisbane.
The site was early associated with a penal facility. When Moreton Bay was opened to free settlement in February 1842, the only prison accommodation available was at one end of the former military barracks in Queen Street – the remainder of the building was occupied by storekeepers. In the second half of 1847 the former female factory in Queen Street, which had served as an immigration barracks for some years, was refurbished as a gaol. This was a temporary measure until Brisbane's first purpose-built gaol was erected in 1848–49. However, within a few years the construction of a larger gaol complex was considered necessary.
By 1856, a gaol reserve had been proposed in the vicinity of what is now Petrie Terrace – the area known in the 1850s as Green Hills. The site was considered remote, well-drained, healthy and extendable. In 1857 the New South Wales Colonial Architect provided plans for a gaol to accommodate nearly 100 prisoners at Green Hills. The contract was let in mid-1858 to Andrew and John Petrie of Brisbane – their name being commemorated in Petrie Terrace – who submitted a tender of £25,000. Construction commenced in October 1858, and was completed by September 1860, when the complex was proclaimed as the Brisbane Gaol. The buildings were masonry, and included 2 two-storeyed cell blocks; 2 two-storeyed guard houses containing offices, warders' room and store rooms, flanking the main entrance to the gaol (which faced southeast, overlooking the Town of Brisbane); kitchen block; washhouses; and lavatory blocks. The gaol reserve was enclosed by a wooden fence, which was replaced in 1862 by a 20 feet high stone wall, constructed by contractor Joshua Jeays of Brisbane. Stone for the gaol wall was obtained from the Woogaroo Quarry.
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