Townsville Correctional Centre is an Australian

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. The facility has been known in the past as "Her Majesty's Penal Establishment Stewart's Creek", "H.M. Prison Townsville", "Stuart Prison", and now known as "Townsville Correctional Centre". It was the only correctional centre in Queensland to hold mainstream males, females and protection prisoners all within the same secure perimeter. It remains the most diverse correctional facility within Queensland accommodating high secure male, high secure female, high secure male protection, low open male custody and low open female custody operations. A new female facility began construction in June 2006 in a complex adjacent to the male section with its own secure perimeter. Female inmates were finally moved over to the new centre in December 2008. Townsville Correctional Centre's complex also includes a Farm Area located about south-east of the Prison, and near to the Woongarra Crematorium. Inaugural superintendent – Mr. James Ryan was appointed on 6 April 1893, having been promoted from his former position as the superintendent of the "old" Townsville Gaol, which was located at the site of the current

Townsville Central State School Townsville Central State School is a heritage-listed state school and former prison at 4-6 Warburton Street, North Ward, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1877 to 18 ...

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North Ward North Ward is a coastal suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , North Ward had a population of 5,065 people. The suburb is one of the oldest in the city but has undergone significant development over many ...

. Stewart's Creek Penal Establishment marked 120 years of operational service to the Queensland Community in 2013. Since the closure of

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in 1992, Townsville Correctional Centre is the longest continually operating Prison in Queensland. On 6 April 2015 it reached another milestone, the 125th anniversary of its establishment (6 April 1890) i.e. the date on which the building contractor Mr. Thomas Matthews accepted and signed the contract to construct the penal establishment, within two years. Work began on the "Her Majesty's Penal Establishment Stewart's Creek" on 9 June 1890.

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* http://www.aic.gov.au/research/corrections/facilities/qld.html#townsville * http://www.dcs.qld.gov.au/About_Us/The_Department/Custodial_Corrections/Townsville_Correctional_Centre/index.shtml Prisons in Queensland Buildings and structures in Townsville Stuart, Queensland {{Queensland-struct-stub

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