Monique La Terra. Give us feedback. Read Next View. Scape Living at Aurora. Colour Pop - Rejuvenate Stays. Nightcap at Ashley Hotel. Quincy Hotel Melbourne. Next Hotel Melbourne. Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street. Vibe Hotel Melbourne. Brady Hotels Jones Lane. Degraves Hidden Gem- Rejuvenate Stays. As early as recommendations were made to remove prisoners to Pentridge where extensions were already underway. There had been criticisms about the location of the Melbourne Gaol from the outset.
However, by the end of the Nineteenth Century the Gaol occupied valuable land in the centre of a large city,blocking opportunities for development.
The gaol was also surrounded by residents who felt that it brought the value of their properties down. By the early Twentieth Century fewer prisoners were serving time in the Gaol. Demolition began in when the original cellblock was removed to make way for the new City Watch House. The last prisoner left in and the site was transferred to the Public Works Department for further demolition. Pentridge was now Melbourne's main prison. In demolition work uncovered the bodies of executed prisoners buried in the old Gaol cemetery.
The remains of 46 prisoners were subsequently removed to Pentridge. As late as a skeleton was unexpectedly discovered during landscaping of the park beside the Gaol. Education Program Victoria Why was the Gaol built? Population explosion Between and , the population of Victoria grew from 77, to more than , Population explosion The gold rushes transformed the rural convict colony into a first choice destination for free migrants. Population explosion Melbourne was unable to accommodate the huge numbers of people arriving during the gold rushes.
Social change The gold rushes brought rapid change to Victoria. Social change The lure of gold provided the chance to break free of old class-based bonds. Social change Among those seeking their fortune were ex-convicts, bushrangers and swindlers, who made life on the diggings and surrounding roads hazardous.
Social change The gold rush brought wealth to some but bitter disappointment to many. Prison system develops Almost as soon as it opened work began on extending the Melbourne Gaol to accommodate more prisoners.
Prison system develops Five years after it opened the Melbourne Gaol was so hopelessly overcrowded that the government needed to find other solutions to the problem. Prison system develops Ex-cargo ships known as hulks had previously been used in Britain to house convicts awaiting transportation to Australia. Prison system develops As in the stockades, prisoners kept on the hulks were often employed on public works during the day.
Prison system develops People leaving the city to go to the goldfields meant that centres of justice needed to follow. Melbourne Gaol closes By the time the wall was completed around the Gaol in the site stretched across an entire city block.
Melbourne Gaol closes But despite its size, the Melbourne Gaol had been intended to receive prisoners on remand or short-term sentences. Melbourne Gaol closes There had been criticisms about the location of the Melbourne Gaol from the outset.
Melbourne Gaol closes In demolition work uncovered the bodies of executed prisoners buried in the old Gaol cemetery. Things to think about Years Identify the reasons why Melbourne needed a purpose built gaol. Suggest why the population explosion, caused by the Gold Rush, led to an increase in the crime rate. List the challenges for the Victorian Government caused by rapid immigration growth. In , a review of the penal system was conducted, with the recommendation being made to close the gaol and relocate prisoners to more suitable locations.
The gaol gradually slowed its operations, and demolished portions of the original site between and In , the gaol was finally closed. This necessitated changes to the prison; in , despite poor record keeping of prisoner burials, historical evidence suggested the remains of approximately 32 executed prisoners, including Ned Kelly, were exhumed from the Old Melbourne Gaol and buried at mass graves in a quarry at Pentridge.
In , the women's cell block, walls and several other buildings were demolished, and a further four coffins were believed to have been moved to Pentridge in During World War II , the gaol was used as a military prison for soldiers found to be absent without leave.
A new wall was built in the eastern courtyard during this time, so that cell block inmates were separated from the college girls. After the end of the war, the section used for holding prisoners was then used only as a storage facility for the Victoria Police Force, whose headquarters were nearby in Russell Street.
In May , the sections used by the school were remodelled by architects Eggleston, McDonald and Secomb, to act as the schools food and fashion departments. In , RMIT performed work to restore the enclosed balcony to its former design.
In , RMIT performed further work to landscape the inner courtyard, and in , removed the temporary war-time pavilion classrooms. Architect: Colonial Government Architect", and include the entrance block and chapel; with the bath house and chapel serving as art studios. In , the National Trust of Australia listed the Old Melbourne Gaol on its heritage register, and a year later marked it as a site that needed to be preserved at all costs.
Furthermore, in , the Melbourne Junior Chamber of Commerce floated the idea of converting it into a museum, for the purposes of tourism. In , the gaol was reopened as a public museum, under the management of the National Trust of Australia Victoria. As of [update ] , the gaol is recognised as Victoria's oldest surviving penal establishment, and attracts approximately , visitors per year. The cells have been filled with information about individual prisoners, which also serve to illustrate the history of Melbourne itself.
In addition to historical information, it also includes various memorabilia ; including death masks , an iron mask, and a pair of leather gloves designed to prevent inmates from practising self-abuse.
Notably, it still includes Ned Kelly's death mask, pistol and replica of his suit of armour as well as the pencil used by Colin Ross to write a letter protesting his innocence, which he threw over the prison walls. Operators also run several features, including the candlelit Hangman's Night Tour with actors portraying prolific and brutal hangman Michael Gateley , and the daily Watch House Experience ; an interactive performance in which visitors are treated as the prisoners would have been during its operation.
The museum is considered haunted by paranormal enthusiasts, including British parapsychologist Darren Done. Done spent a night at the gaol in , and claimed that he heard unexplained voices, and detected evidence of an electrical interference to suggest paranormal activity. He has since undertaken more research at the gaol, and in , he claimed to have recorded a ghostly figure with a grotesque visage standing in a doorway at the gaol. Theories suggest that the voice of a woman, claimed to have been heard, might belong to Elizabeth Scott the first woman hung at the gaol.
Notably, none of the reported hauntings are related to that of Ned Kelly. Local enthusiast group GhostSeekers Australia conducts monthly tours to gather data and statistics for paranormal activity; making use of various monitoring equipment. However, Joe Nickell , a writer for the Skeptical Inquirer , argues that evidence of ghostly phenomena at the site is scant.
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