HM Prison Sale was a prison in Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison was first proclaimed on the 28 October 1864,[1][2] and the stone for the prison was prepared near Port Albert.[3] That proclamation was revoked on 28 October 1887.[4] A new prison was proclaimed on the 2nd of September, 1881,[5] construction was completed in 1882. The prison was opened when William Gardner was appointed Governor on the 1st of July 1887.[6] The Sale prison remained on that site until it closed in April 1997.[7] The site now houses the Sale Police Station, which features some of the old prison walls.[8]
Demolition halted for several months due to a legal battle, but resumed soon after.[citation needed]
^"Gaols, Proclamation". Victoria Government Gazette. No. G111 1864. 28 October 1864. p. 2407. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
^"Town Talk". Gippsland Times. Sale. 4 November 1864. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
^"Local". Gipps Land Guardian. Port Albert. 18 December 1863. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via trove.nla.gov.au. A great portion of the stone for the Sale Gaol has been dressed, and is being gradually carted away.
^"Sale Gaol, Proclamation". Victoria Government Gazette. No. G96 1881. 2 September 1881. p. 2531. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
^"Country News". The Advocate. Melbourne. 4 June 1887. p. 20. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via trove.nla.gov.au.
^"Sale Prison". ands.org.au. Public Records Office Victoria. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
^"Site works begin". gippslandtimes.com.au. Sale: Fairfax Regional Media. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
