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Over 15,000 old bottles and other artifacts found in ballarat
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<blockquote data-quote="just starting" data-source="post: 491510" data-attributes="member: 14279"><p>It is Ballarat Heritage weekend and i went on the gaol tour after work ,today .</p><p></p><p> A very interesting place. Most of the original gaol is gone ,but there are still significant parts of it left.</p><p></p><p> I spoke to the gentleman featured in the following story and he said that not even he is allowed in those tunnels under the gaol ,now. Our guide told us there are 3 corridors built one on top of the other deep under the School of Mines Ballarat ( SMB Fed Uni ,Ballarat ,as it is now known ) ,which is what stands on the old gaol grounds.</p><p> Very interesting stories were told about this site. Our guide pointed to the ground and told us there were originally 13 prisoners buried under our feet. They were hanged ,beheaded and their bodies faced to the prison walls so they never saw freedom. Of the 13 bodies buried ,only 5 were found and exhumed and the rest they couldn`t find when the School of Mines was being built. </p><p></p><p> 2 blokes were hanged together and both had the same length of rope ,but one was taller than the other and hit the ground feet first and the other one missed the ground by inches. I think these may have been the two who robbed and murdered the rokewood bank manager Thomas Ulick Burke transporting gold and money to Smythesdale. There are 2 memorials on the side of the road between cape clear and scarsdale for him.</p><p>The gallows from this gaol are now located behind the old Smythesdale courthouse and gaol cells.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> Anyway , here is the story , including a virtual tour of the underground cells.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5900183/secret-underground-tunnels-found-beneath-ballarat/#slide=1" target="_blank">https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5900183/secret-underground-tunnels-found-beneath-ballarat/#slide=1</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="just starting, post: 491510, member: 14279"] It is Ballarat Heritage weekend and i went on the gaol tour after work ,today . A very interesting place. Most of the original gaol is gone ,but there are still significant parts of it left. I spoke to the gentleman featured in the following story and he said that not even he is allowed in those tunnels under the gaol ,now. Our guide told us there are 3 corridors built one on top of the other deep under the School of Mines Ballarat ( SMB Fed Uni ,Ballarat ,as it is now known ) ,which is what stands on the old gaol grounds. Very interesting stories were told about this site. Our guide pointed to the ground and told us there were originally 13 prisoners buried under our feet. They were hanged ,beheaded and their bodies faced to the prison walls so they never saw freedom. Of the 13 bodies buried ,only 5 were found and exhumed and the rest they couldn`t find when the School of Mines was being built. 2 blokes were hanged together and both had the same length of rope ,but one was taller than the other and hit the ground feet first and the other one missed the ground by inches. I think these may have been the two who robbed and murdered the rokewood bank manager Thomas Ulick Burke transporting gold and money to Smythesdale. There are 2 memorials on the side of the road between cape clear and scarsdale for him. The gallows from this gaol are now located behind the old Smythesdale courthouse and gaol cells. Anyway , here is the story , including a virtual tour of the underground cells. [url]https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5900183/secret-underground-tunnels-found-beneath-ballarat/#slide=1[/url] [/QUOTE]
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