Hello Bill, I have some records from Goulburn Gaol where an ancestor of mine spent 3 years in the very early 1900s. From memory Goulburn was the first Gaol to have inmates photographed, and if it had not been for this photo, I would not have any of this man. It is an interesting story in my family history, and I can just remember my grandfather Jim in his later years in 1941/1942, when he came to visit us, usually on a Saturday afternoon. The memory is made stronger, in that he used to bring me a little ice cream in a cardboard "bucket" !! After Jim's sentence was completed, the judge from the trial got him a job with the Water Board, and years later he was working in the inner western suburbs of Sydney. The group he was with, were putting in the huge water mains that are underground, and one of his mates went down into the hole they had dug, not realising there was gas in there as well as water, and he collapsed and his body was washed further down this main. My grandfather jumped in after him but could not rescue him, and Jim was brought back up again, probably not in a marvellous state either! For this event, he was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal for Bravery. Jim died in July, 1942, aged about 70, so I was three and a half. Isn't family history fascinating. Liz. On 11/07/2011 11:52 AM, Bill wrote: > Dear Jan, > Whatever records "survived" are held by State Records, Kingswood. > If you go to www.records.nsw.gov.au you will find an Archives in Brief (Help > Sheet) on Goals. > It is possible that there is a photograph also in the Goal Photograph Book. -

Sorry, I should have sent my email to Bill on his own web address, and not to the List. Liz.

Never mind Liz, it was a lovely story. Judy > Sorry, I should have sent my email to Bill on his own web address, and > not to the List. >