Trial Bay Gaol is one of South West Rocks' most well known landmarks. The gaol was originally constructed in the late 1800s to house prisoners who were to build a breakwater to provide Trial Bay with protection from easterly and northeasterly gales and was the first public works prison in Australia. The breakwater was a failure and the gaol closed in 1903. During the First World War the gaol was reopened as the Trial Bay Internment Camp to house German internees. In 1918 the German internees built a monument, on the hill overlooking Trial Bay Gaol, to five of their comrades who died during the internment. At the height of anti-German feeling after the war, in 1919, the monument was blown up. In 1960 the monument was rebuilt with funds committed by the German Consul General. Click on the thumbnails to see a larger image or to go to the next level thumbnail gallery.

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