Adelaide Gaol
Adelaide Gaol contributes public institutional web context represented in the AusFigures archive. This page links source-grounded records to their original public URLs and preserves provenance without implying institutional endorsement.
- Search-ready records
- 4
- Public sources
- 1
- States / territories
- 1
- Dated span
- 2026–2026
The source collection is included for provenance and public-text discovery.
Public records
- William Baker Ashton in Ghostly sightings#4041Governor William Baker Ashton. William Baker Ashton was the first Governor of the Adelaide Gaol and despite being a reasonably fair man, he was accused of wrong-doing. The ensuing scandal is said to have hastened his de…
- Ben Ellis in Ghostly sightings#4038pride in his work and approached each task with complete professionalism and never questioned the right or wrong of his profession until 30 December 1873, when he was required to hang a female prisoner, Elizabeth Woolco…
- Frederick Carr in Ghostly sightings#4035once wandered its halls. Frederick Carr. Frederick 'Fred' Carr was hanged at Adelaide Gaol on 12 November 1929 for the murder of his wife, Maude. He protested his innocence, even up until the final moments before his de…
- Adelaide Gaol | Ghostly sightings#1147The source reports ghostly sightings at Adelaide Gaol and names several deceased inmates or officers associated with public ghost narratives at the site.