Law and order: regional police and court buildings 1850-1920

This exhibition featured images of police and court buildings and their surrounds and traces the expansion of settlement from the 1850s and the towns that sprang up following gold, timber and mining booms.

Law & Order Curator from the Justice and Police Museum, Nerida Campbell says the exhibition draws on the extensive photographic collection held by Sydney’s Justice & Police Museum and will interest those with a passion for family, local, social and architectural history.

The exhibition includes an interactive database that allows people to research places, dates or architects from scans of 700 images and entries on townships and buildings.

Tour history

Wentworth Gaol, NSW
20 March 2007 - June 2008

Temora Regional Gallery, NSW
27 November 2006 - 7 March 2007

Museum of the Riverina, Wagga Wagga, NSW
25 August - 26 November 2006

Bega Library, NSW
1 June - 24 August 2006

NSW Police College, NSW
7 April - 30 May 2006

Southern Tablelands Library, NSW
1 March - 7 April 2006

Parkes Library, NSW
19 December 2005 - 28 February 2006