Trial Bay Goal Public Works Prison and Wartime Detention Camp by Marie H. Neil First published 1966 Revised 1975 ISBN 0 9598689 1 7 A Macleay River Historical Society Publication Kempsey NSW .... the contract for its construction was given to a D. Macquarie of Sydney at a cost of 25,550 pounds. Work began in 1877 .... in 1878 some eighty hands were employed, thirty three of them being masons who received from 12-14 shillings a day .... Cheers, Diane