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Old Melbourne Gaol

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Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol
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+61 3 9656 9889

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Sunday9:30am - 5pm
Monday9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday9:30am - 5pm
Thursday9:30am - 5pm
Friday9:30am - 5pm
Saturday9:30am - 5pm


The Old Melbourne Gaol is a museum on Russell Street, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings. It was first constructed starting in 1839, and during its operation as a prison between 1842 and 1929, it held and executed some of Australia's most notorious criminals, including bushranger Ned Kelly and serial killer Frederick Bailey Deeming. In total, 135 people were executed by hanging. Though it was used briefly during World War II, it formally ceased operating as a prison in 1924; with parts of the gaol being incorporated into the RMIT University, and the rest becoming a museum. The three-storey museum displays information and memorabilia of the prisoners and staff, including death masks of the executed criminals. At one time the museum displayed what was believed at the time to be Ned Kelly's skull, before it was stolen in 1978; as well as the pencil used by wrongly convicted Colin Campbell Ross to protest his innocence in writing, before being executed.
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