00:00Stephen Knight has lots of stories to tell about Parramatta Jail.
00:09Your TV, that's where you put your clothes.
00:1225 years ago, he was an inmate here.
00:15Today, he's one of the owners.
00:17That clothes I was a bit proud.
00:19Come back, bring back a lot of memories, but after all, you get used to it.
00:25Opened in 1842, the jail once housed some of the state's most notorious criminals.
00:34Ten years ago, the site was handed back to the Aboriginal owners after a successful land claim.
00:40But the old sandstone buildings came saddled with an upkeep bill of half a million dollars a year.
00:48Historically, there's an old saying that the land that they give us back is not fit for growing kangaroos on.
00:54The dollars needed to remedy lots of that are enormous.
01:00Efforts to develop new income streams came up against heritage restrictions.
01:05Last year, the Darebin Land Council was put into administration.
01:09It does have a state heritage listing, which means it must be maintained.
01:14So we can't make too many changes to it.
01:17But we can adaptively reuse the building.
01:20One idea is for the jail to become a tourist attraction.
01:25I think we've got a really good opportunity to do something with the jail.
01:31The state government have put in a light rail, which is only a block from here.
01:36It's a site with so much potential, but funding is a problem.
01:42The Land Council says it wants to work with the government to find a way through.
01:46In the old governor's office, a link to the past in a building now looking to start a new chapter.
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