Day 96 - Old Melbourne Gaol, St Kilda Beach & White Nights Festival, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 19. Old Melbourne Gaol Gallows

Day 96 - Old Melbourne Gaol, St Kilda Beach & White Nights Festival, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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February 22nd 2014
Saturday 22nd February 2014. Melbourne Gaol & WHite Nights Festival, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia After breakfast we jumped on a couple of trams in order to visit the Old Melbourne Gaol (Jail) which is a museum and former prison located in Russell Street. It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the Old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings. Dur ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more