00:00:00,560|00:00:02,880|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">they think they drowned trying</font> <font color="#ffff00">to swim the mighty rivers.</font>
00:00:05,440|00:00:08,680|TLT|Trial Bay Gaol closed as a prison in 1903
00:00:08,720|00:00:13,440|TLT|only to open a decade later as an internment camp for German settlers.
00:00:13,480|00:00:16,520|TLT|And so Neville, after only 17 years, they closed this prison
00:00:16,560|00:00:19,720|TLT|as a main prison but reopened it during the First World War.
00:00:19,760|00:00:22,640|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">Yes, they brought in 580 people</font> <font color="#ffff00">of German descent</font>
00:00:22,680|00:00:24,600|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">because they thought</font> <font color="#ffff00">they could lead a revolt</font>
00:00:24,640|00:00:27,320|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">against the Australian government</font> <font color="#ffff00">and hinder the war effort.</font>
00:00:27,360|00:00:28,600|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">So they brought them here,</font>
00:00:28,640|00:00:30,600|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">isolated them from</font> <font color="#ffff00">the general German population</font>
00:00:30,640|00:00:33,040|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">so that they could</font> <font color="#ffff00">not lead a revolt.</font>
00:00:33,080|00:00:36,640|TLT|So 580 German prisoners here and they lived a very interesting life,
00:00:36,680|00:00:37,640|TLT|did they not?
00:00:37,680|00:00:38,760|TLT|They had concerts and...
00:00:38,800|00:00:42,200|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">They had concerts, they had tennis</font> <font color="#ffff00">courts, bowling alleys, cafes,</font>
00:00:42,240|00:00:44,240|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">hot water services</font> <font color="#ffff00">that they supplied</font>
00:00:44,280|00:00:45,640|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">and made money for themselves.</font>
00:00:45,680|00:00:46,800|TLT|<font color="#ffff00">They were self-perpetuating.</font>