This high-level security prison in regional Victoria once held criminals and those said to be criminally insane. Although decommissioned in 1991, haunting tours reveal that perhaps not everyone has left the building. Opened in 1861 in response to crimes on the nearby goldfields, the gaol housed a number of prisoners and executions, before turning into the Ararat Lunatic Asylum in 1886. Paintings of sailing ships on the stone walls reveal an artistic side to the inmate’s lives. Meanwhile, markings on other sections of the walls reveal the location of vertically buried inmates,…
