00:00:00,560|00:00:02,880|TLT|they think they drowned trying to swim the mighty rivers. 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|Yes, they brought in 580 people of German descent 00:00:22,680|00:00:24,600|TLT|because they thought they could lead a revolt 00:00:24,640|00:00:27,320|TLT|against the Australian government and hinder the war effort. 00:00:27,360|00:00:28,600|TLT|So they brought them here, 00:00:28,640|00:00:30,600|TLT|isolated them from the general German population 00:00:30,640|00:00:33,040|TLT|so that they could not lead a revolt. 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|They had concerts, they had tennis courts, bowling alleys, cafes, 00:00:42,240|00:00:44,240|TLT|hot water services that they supplied 00:00:44,280|00:00:45,640|TLT|and made money for themselves. 00:00:45,680|00:00:46,800|TLT|They were self-perpetuating.