Old Melbourne Gaol
The Old Melbourne Gaol is a former jail and current museum on Russell Street, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings, and opposite the Russell Street Police Headquarters.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charlie Brewer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Email: info@oldmelbournegaol.com.au
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: former jail in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and now a tourist attraction
- Address: 377 Russell Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include State Library of Victoria and Royal Exhibition Building.
State Library of Victoria
Library
Photo: Donaldytong, Public domain.
State Library Victoria is the state library of Victoria, Australia. Located in Melbourne, it was established in 1854 as the Melbourne Public Library, making it Australia's oldest public library and one of the first free libraries in the world. State Library of Victoria is situated 210 metres south of Old Melbourne Gaol.
Royal Exhibition Building
State Library railway station
Railway station
Photo: LivelyRatification, CC BY-SA 4.0.
State Library railway station is an underground railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines, which are part of the Melbourne rail network. State Library railway station is situated 200 metres west of Old Melbourne Gaol.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and CBD.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.
CBD
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The central business district of Melbourne is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the CBD, or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.
Little Italy
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Italy in Victoria, Australia, is a Little Italy cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along Lygon Street in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton.
Old Melbourne Gaol
Latitude
-37.80781° or 37° 48′ 28″ southLongitude
144.96513° or 144° 57′ 55″ eastElevation
74 metres (243 feet)Open location code
4RJ65XR8+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 26564392OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
12640136Wikidata ID
Q2018436
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Old Melbourne Gaol” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Catalan: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Chinese: “舊墨爾本監獄”
- Czech: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Danish: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Dutch: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- French: “ancienne prison de Melbourne”
- French: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Georgian: “მელბურნის საპყრობილე”
- German: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Hausa: “Tsohon Melbourne Gaol”
- Hebrew: “בית הסוהר הישן של מלבורן”
- Hebrew: “בית הסוהר של מלבורן העתיקה”
- Irish: “Seanphríosún Melbourne”
- Japanese: “旧メルボルン監獄”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Norwegian: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Slovenian: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
- Spanish: “Old Melbourne Gaol”
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