History repeated – Gaol house rocks

Deb Robinson wearing a ball and chain linked to the 1889 escape of Frederick Clarke and Christopher Farrell. 158756
History repeated – Gaol house rocks
Murderous inmates, executions and daring escapes are all part of the 138-year-old historic tapestry of Geelong Gaol. LUKE VOOGT and local historian Deb Robinson take a look the prison’s dark past. Today’s prisons are luxurious compared to Geelong Gaol, says local historian Deb Robinson. “Even when the gaol closed in 1991 and they went to […]