Ross Probation Station Chapel
Ross, Tasmania
Situated on the main road between Hobart and Launceston the Ross punishment station and hiring depot consisted of five wards, each of which could accommodate two hundred and twenty men....
- Denomination
- Multi-Denominational
- Region
- Midlands
- Year Built
- Unknown
- Architectural Style
- Church
- Heritage Status
- Not recorded
Overview
Situated on the main road between Hobart and Launceston the Ross punishment station and hiring depot consisted of five wards, each of which could accommodate two hundred and twenty men. This station did not have solitary or confinement cells, all prisoners required to be locked up were sent to Campbell Town guarded by two constables.
La Trobe's report states the Ross Station was established before 1831 and closed at the end of 1846. The visiting religious instructor was T. Butler.
... The men in chains are employed on the main line of road. The passholders in preparing stone, sawing wood for the re-building of the church and for the erection of a Military barracks ...
In 1847 Dr. James Stephen Hampton decided to convert the probation station into a female hiring depot because Ross was a central location.
History
before 1831
Ross Station established
founded1846
Ross Station closed
closed1847
Stone prepared for the re-building of the church
rebuilt1847
Probation station converted into a female hiring depot
Gallery
References
- Ian Brand, The Convict Probation System, Van Diemen's Land 1839-1854, Sandy Bay, 1990, pp 188 & 268Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
Links
- Tasmanian Archives, PWD266-1-1693, Public Works Department, 1845-1977, Plan - Ross - Probation Station
Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
- Tasmanian Archives, PWD266-1-1699, Public Works Department, 1845-1977, Plan - Ross - Penitentiary buildings (Probation station) - plans to convert to reformatory
Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index
Services
Not recorded
Open
Not recorded
Address
Ross, Ross TAS 7209
Contact
Not recorded
Accessibility
Not recorded
