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Old Melbourne Gaol

The Old Melbourne Gaol is a bluestone prison complex on Russell Street in central Melbourne, built in stages between 1841 and 1864. Many prisoners were held and executed here, among them the bushranger Ned Kelly in 1880. Its surviving cell block has been a museum since 1972.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1845 CE mainstream
  First sandstone cell block (begun 1841) opens to prisoners source
• 1853 CE mainstream
  Bluestone second cell block, begun in 1851 and today the only surviving one, completed source
• 1880 CE mainstream
  Bushranger Ned Kelly hanged at the gaol (11 November) source
• 1923 CE disputed
  Use as a gaol ends; the Heritage Register and RMIT give 1923, other accounts 1924, the year of the last execution source
• 1972 CE mainstream
  Reopened as a public museum by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) source

Where

37.8079° S, 144.9653° E

Sources

• https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/796
• https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-heritage/historical-buildings/old-melbourne-gaol
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Melbourne_Gaol

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