Thebarton Police Barracks

The Thebarton Police Barracks is only really a part time museum as such, but it is an historical site that you will pass if you ever go out along Port Road from the city, and if you visit the Adelaide Goal you will see it very close up indeed so it is a notable space to view from the relative safety of the street. The historic buildings are Worth a look and it is also great to get the feeling of how it would have been in days gone by. Their web site has many facts and photographs, and contact details for the voluntary committee who run the museum, you can make contact and arrange a guided tour of the Barracks with them for groups of 15 or more at under ten dollars a head.
Obviously it was in the best interests of the community to have a large conglomeration of police close to the goal just in case there was an attempted escape, and the convicts needed shooting en mass, so they really positioned the barracks in a very clever spot.
It is still used as a police facility and is not somewhere you can wander about, but it is certainly worth an inspection from the road if you are out that way visiting the goal or riding around on the bike track. There are some older horses in the paddocks behind the historic goal and goats as well, and you may see some of the city police heading out on their horses to do some beat work. If you do encounter police on duty do not disturb them or they are likely to arrest you for disturbing the police… uh… I mean their peace. Ah ha, I jest obviously. The SA Police are a friendly lot dressed in blue and carrying arms, not only those attached at the shoulders.