Wide Wednesday . . . Something Historic

The Richmond Lock-up was built in 1908-1909 and relocated to Washbourn Gardens in 1992.  It measured 24 feet (7.3 metres) by 12 feet (3.66 metres) and was clad in weatherboards with a corrugated iron roof topped with a Boyles Ventilator.  Internally, the lock-up comprised two cells measuring 10 feet 11 inches (3.3 metres) by 8 feet five inches (2.6 metres) with a central entry way that had a desk along the rear elevation.
The lock-up was only used occasionally due to the town’s low crime rate – in general ‘the policeman’s lot in Richmond was a happy one’.   Colonial settlement included the imposition of British laws, the associated establishment of the Colonial police (1840-1860) and introduction of imprisonment as a form of punishment. William Stanton served as Richmond’s first District Constable from 1845 to 1854 and the town’s first lock-up was a small mud hut.
On the right of the blip are two women workers who were spreading bark on the gardens.  The stream overflowed in the big wet and washed the bark over the carpark.  The extra is a Monarch Butterfly that I think has lived through the winter and will be starting the next generation of butterflies. 
Update on the brother in law: yesterday the forester helped him lift the carpet in the outside flat.  The tenant has had to move out.  There was still a 'river' flowing through his property from the neighbour's orchard.  He has never seen water hang around for so long.