{{Short description|Prison in Victoria, Australia 1864–1997}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox prison | name = HM Prison Sale | image = HM Prison Sale entrance Reeve Street 1979.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = HM Prison Sale entrance Reeve Street 1979. Photo taken by John T Collins. Provided by the State Library of Victoria | image_map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label = | map_dot_mark = | location = Sale, Victoria | coordinates = {{coord|-38.1111|147.0605|display=inline, title|}} | status = Closed | classification = | capacity = | population = | population_as_of = | opened = 1887 | closed = April 1997 | former_name = | managed_by = Corrections Victoria | director = | governor = | warden = | street-address = 1-11 Reeve Street | city = Sale | county = | state = Victoria | postcode = 3850 | zip = | country = Australia | website = | prisoners = | embedded = }}
'''HM Prison Sale''' was a prison in Sale, Victoria, Australia. The prison was first proclaimed on the 28 October 1864,{{R|ProcVGG111-1864|GT64}} and the stone for the prison was prepared near Port Albert.{{R|GippsGuard}} That proclamation was revoked on 28 October 1887.{{R|Revoke}} A new prison was proclaimed on the 2nd of September, 1881,{{R|ProcVGG96-1881}} construction was completed in 1882. The prison was opened when William Gardner was appointed Governor on the 1st of July 1887.{{R|Advocate}} The Sale prison remained on that site until it closed in April 1997.{{R|andsPRO}} The site now houses the Sale Police Station, which features some of the old prison walls.{{R|GippsTimes26-11-13}}
Demolition halted for several months due to a legal battle, but resumed soon after.{{Citation needed|date=September 2018}}
==See also== *Fulham Correctional Centre
==References==
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<ref name=andsPRO>{{cite web| url=https://researchdata.ands.org.au/sale-prison-also-sale-gaol/492253| title=Sale Prison| publisher=Public Records Office Victoria| website=ands.org.au|access-date=2 September 2018|url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901220719/https://researchdata.ands.org.au/sale-prison-also-sale-gaol/492253| archive-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=GippsTimes26-11-13>{{cite web|url=http://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/story/1930447/site-works-begin/| title=Site works begin| date=26 November 2013| publisher=Fairfax Regional Media| location=Sale| website=gippslandtimes.com.au|access-date=2 September 2018| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901222044/http://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/story/1930447/site-works-begin/| archive-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=ProcVGG96-1881>{{cite news| url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1881&class=general&page_num=2523&state=V&classNum=G96&id| title=Sale Gaol, Proclamation| newspaper=Victoria Government Gazette| issue=G96 1881| publication-date=2 September 1881|p=2531| access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=GippsGuard>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/109907252?searchTerm=%22sale%20gaol%22%20date%3A%5B1860%20TO%201864%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=l-australian=y| title=Local| newspaper=Gipps Land Guardian| publication-date=18 December 1863| location=Port Albert| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902055929/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/109907252?searchTerm=%22sale%20gaol%22%20date%3A%5B1860%20TO%201864%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=l-australian=y| archive-date=2 September 2018| via=trove.nla.gov.au| quote=A great portion of the stone for the Sale Gaol has been dressed, and is being gradually carted away.| access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=ProcVGG111-1864>{{cite news|url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1864&class=general&page_num=2405&state=V&classNum=G111&id=| title=Gaols, Proclamation| newspaper=Victoria Government Gazette| issue=G111 1864| publication-date=28 October 1864| p=2407| access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=GT64>{{cite news| url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65364205?searchTerm=%22sale%20gaol%22%20date%3A%5B1864%20TO%201870%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=l-australian=y| title=Town Talk| newspaper=Gippsland Times| publication-date=4 November 1864| p=2| location=Sale| access-date=2 September 2018| via=trove.nla.gov.au}}</ref>
<ref name=Revoke>{{cite news|url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1887&class=general&page_num=3025&state=V&classNum=G102&id=| title=Sale Gaol Discontinued, Proclamation| newspaper=Victoria Government Gazette| issue=G102 1887| publication-date=21 October 1887| p=3025| access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=Advocate>{{cite news| url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170600156?searchTerm=%22sale%20gaol%22%20date%3A%5B1887%20TO%201887%5D%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=l-australian=y| title=Country News| newspaper=The Advocate| publication-date=4 June 1887| location=Melbourne| p=20| access-date=2 September 2018| via=trove.nla.gov.au}}</ref> }}
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