Toowoomba Gaol is a historic prison site in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. William Murphy (who served in the Crimean War) became first Governor of the Toowoomba Gaol.
Female prisoners were transferred from Central Gaol, Brisbane, to Toowoomba Gaol in 1870. and demolition commenced. Some of the hand-made bricks (using clay dug from pits in Queens Park) from the demolished structure were used to build the Boer Wall Memorial Gateway at the Margaret Street end of East Creek Park near the Mother's Memorial, and renamed DeMolay House.
The whole original site and surrounding modern buildings, including the Repertory Theatre, are the source of many ghost sightings/tales.
Motel
The Park Motor Inn at 88 Margaret Street was built on the northeast part of the old gaol grounds.
Women's Gaol Hospital
The original hospital site for the Women's Gaol at 92 Margaret Street is now the site of the Park House Cafe.
Austral Hall
The Toowoomba poet George Essex Evans was influential in founding The Austral Society, which bought part of the grounds and let a tender to roof part of the prison yard in September 1904. The Austral Hall was built on this site.
After his death in 1909, the Austral Society ceased in 1911, and the building was later demolished,