Melbourne Sights

Old Melbourne Gaol

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  • Address
    • Russell St
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 03-8663 7228
  • Price
    • adult/child/family $21/11/49, Hangman's Night Tour adult/under 15 $35/30
  • Hours
    • 9.30am-5pm

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Lonely Planet review for Old Melbourne Gaol

This forbidding monument to 19th-century justice is now a museum. It was built of bluestone in 1841, and was a prison until 1929. The tiny, bleak cells display plaster casts of some of the 130-plus people who were hanged here, a chilling 'by-product' of the era's obsession with phrenology. The last sound that legendary bushranger Ned Kelly heard was the clang of the trap here in 1880. His death mask, armour and history are on display. Book through Ticketekto join a Ghost Seekers Tour or go on the Hangman's Night Tour. Evening events are not recommended for children under 12.

 

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