HM Prison Beechworth, now known as Beechworth Gaol, was a medium security Australian prison located in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.

Construction of the current structure was begun in 1859 and completed in 1864 at a cost of £47,000. The prison closed in 2004 and the site has been purchased by private developers. A replacement facility, the Beechworth Correctional Centre, was opened in January 2005.

History

HM Prison Beechworth was built on the site of Beechworth's first stockade. It was designed by Victoria's Public Works Department and constructed using local granite that was quarried with prison labour.

Construction began in 1857 The capacity doubled when the building was completed in 1864.

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| Patrick Sheehan ||6 November 1865 || Murder of James Kennedy at Rowdy Flat Yackandandah

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|John Kelly || 4 May 1867 || Sodomy on eighteen-month-old James Strack at Wangaratta

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|James Smith ||11 November 1869|| Murder of his wife Elizabeth Wheelahan near Springhurst

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|James Quinn ||4 November 1871|| Murder of Ah Woo, near Myrtleford

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|James Smith ||rowspan=2 |12 May 1873 ||rowspan=2 | Murder of John Watt ("The Wooragee Murder")

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|Thomas Brady

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| Thomas Hogan || 10 June 1879|| Manslaughter - shot his own brother

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|Robert Rohan || 6 June 1881 || Murder of John Shea at Yalca

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