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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Hayes farm in focus

FORMER Derwent Valley Gazette journalist Jennifer Crawley explores the history of Hayes Gaol Farm in today's issue of the Sunday Tasmanian. The State Government has announced its intention to close and sell the facility which opened in 1937 and was Australia's first open prison. The article can be read here.
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  1. Mrs. T. Ballard.August 1, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    In it’s prime; Hayes Prison Farm was a prosperous entity supplying many businesses such as Hospitals and Nursing Homes etc with fresh produce of “everything” that could possibly be produced, including vegetables, eggs, milk and bread. Their top grade Friesian dairy herd were the best in the State as were their beef cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry each winning first place grades in the many Agricultural Shows annually. The stud livestock and breeding programs were “the best” in the State, winning many awards and the quality of the produce on the Farm could in no way be faulted and all was toiled and worked by the prisoners whom enjoyed the work and enabled them to integrate back into the workforce under the watchful eye of the many employees and guards that the Prison Farm supported and it was a life style that was enjoyed by all, including the low security prisoners! It was a self supported business bringing in a great financial return for the State on an annual basis. The Prison Farm “was” a very prosperous business and to have had to sit back over the past years and watch the Farm crumble piece by piece to its present day disgraceful existence due to “Government Bureaucracy” is an utter shame and I cannot express enough, my disgust that the Government has allowed this to happen. It should have never been allowed to deteriorate to this extent, the Prison Farm is prime agriculture land and should have been continued to be used for such and my heart aches to see it back in it’s days of glory of what it once was but that is now impossible as with all that the Government of today touches… turns to dust!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 1, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    WELL SAID

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