Our new exhibition Captured: Portraits of Crime 1870-1930 explores the stories of men, women and children who were incarcerated in NSW gaols from 1870 to 1930. The exhibition was launched at our Open Day on Friday 8 September 2017, and was attended by descendants of two prisoners featured in the exhibition as well as a number of dignitaries.
A key feature of this exhibition is the strong online presence through an e-catalogue. This expands on the number of case studies able to be portrayed in the onsite display at the Western Sydney Records Centre. The exhibition has also been supplemented by 46,000 digitised gaol photos being linked to our online Index to Gaol Photographs.
The opening of the travelling version of the exhibition took place at Broken Hill on 3 October 2017. This coincided with the centenary of the Broken Hill gaol. The exhibition will continue to travel across NSW throughout 2018.
