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Old Melbourne Gaol

former jail in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and now a tourist attraction
Organization Prison Q2018436

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
prison, museum[4]
Official website
www.oldmelbournegaol.com.au[9]

Status and dates

Inception
1839[8]

Location

Country
Australia[3]
Location
Melbourne central business district[7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -37.808°, 144.965°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
City of Melbourne[2]
Street address
377 Russell Street, Melbourne VIC 3000[14]
More facts +6
Date of official closure
July 1924[13]
Date of official opening
1845[12]
Has characteristic
tourist attraction[11]
Heritage designation
listed on the Victorian Heritage Register[10]
Made from material
bluestone[6]
Operator
National Trust of Australia[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Old Melbourne Gaol fr ancienne prison de Melbourne fr Old Melbourne Gaol he בית הסוהר הישן של מלבורן he בית הסוהר של מלבורן העתיקה ja 旧メルボルン監獄 zh 舊墨爾本監獄
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Old Melbourne Gaol - Melbourne (76468479).jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
old-melbourne-gaol
AusStage venue ID
3222
BabelNet ID
00320021n
Encyclopedia of Melbourne ID
EM01081b
Facebook username
OldMelbourneGaol
Freebase ID
/m/04fb5r
GeoNames ID
12640136
Google Maps Customer ID
11379801124504192890
Instagram username
oldmelbgaol
OpenStreetMap way ID
26564392
Tripadvisor ID
256568
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Victorian Heritage Database ID
796
Victorian Heritage Register ID
H1553
📚 Sources · 1
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
museum, prison, tourist attraction
Country 1
Australia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
City of Melbourne
Location 1
Melbourne central business district
Operator 1
National Trust of Australia
People who died here 1
Ned Kelly
← Place of burial 1
Ned Kelly
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Summary

Old Melbourne Gaol is a prison[1].

Related Entities

Australia Ned Kelly

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Victorian Heritage Database. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → 1839
    Operator → National Trust of Australia
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → City of Melbourne
    Instance of → prison, museum
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39782: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
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