J WARD (ARARAT ASYLUM)
1-7 GIRDLESTONE STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY
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Statement of Significance
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J WARD (ARARAT ASYLUM) - History
J Ward was built between 1860 and 63 as the Ararat Gaol, to a design based on the Pentonville concept by the Public Works Department. It was run as a Gaol until 1886. In 1887, after alterations, the building was transferred the Lunacy Department and used as a special ward of the Ararat Asylum for the criminal insane. J Ward, as it became known, was decommissioned in 1989.
Three executions occurred at the site:
15 August 1870: Andrew Vere
25 September 1883: Robert Francis Burns
6 June 1884: Henry Morgan
All three executed prisoners were buried within the walls of the prison in accordance to the Criminal Law and Practice Statute 1864
J WARD (ARARAT ASYLUM) - Interpretation of Site
1860-1886: Ararat Gaol
1887-1989: Used as a special ward of the Ararat Asylum for the criminal insane (J Ward)
1989: Decommissioned
J WARD (ARARAT ASYLUM) - Archaeological Significance
Site is of archaeological significance for its potential to contain the burials of three executed prisoners buried within the walls of the prison in 1870, 1883 and 1884 respectively.
Heritage Inventory Description
J WARD (ARARAT ASYLUM) - Heritage Inventory Description
Known location of the burial site of three prisoners executed in 1870, 1883 and 1884 respectively.
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ARARAT COURT HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H1657
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FORMER ARARAT SUB-TREASURY AND POST OFFICEVictorian Heritage Register H0618
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FORMER ARARAT GAOLVictorian Heritage Register H1067
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