I was looking through my pictures and realized that I had not posted anything about my visit to Melbourne Gaol. That spelling of the word really threw me off. I’m so used to seeing gaol spelled as “jail” that I wasn’t sure how to pronounce it.
I was able to tour the old jail from the 1800’s as well as the newer jail built in the early 1900’s. The old jail was quite creepy with descriptions of some of the infamous prisoners jailed here including their death masks. The most famous is the death mask of Ned Kelly. For those unfamiliar with Kelly, we were told by the tour guide that he held the same legendary status in Australia that Jesse James held in the U.S.
I was able to tour the old jail from the 1800’s as well as the newer jail built in the early 1900’s. The old jail was quite creepy with descriptions of some of the infamous prisoners jailed here including their death masks. The most famous is the death mask of Ned Kelly. For those unfamiliar with Kelly, we were told by the tour guide that he held the same legendary status in Australia that Jesse James held in the U.S.
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