History repeated – Gaol house rocks

Geelong Gaol's watchtowers kept watch over some of the state's most dangerous criminals for more than a century. Picture: TWISTED HISTORIES
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 […]