Description: This image shows the building that house Redruth Girls’ Reformatory between 1897 and 1922.
The library description states: Redruth Gaol, Burra was erected in 1856 and was the first gaol in South Australia outside of Adelaide. It cost 3200 pounds. It was reopened in 1897 as a girls reformatory after the prisoners were transferred to Gladstone Gaol.