The Former City Watch House operated as Melbourne’s central custody centre or ‘holding place’ for people arrested and awaiting trial. For almost a century, every person arrested in Melbourne was lodged in the City Watch House opposite the Russell Street Police Station.
Today the cell block reverberates with the sounds of tourists walking where some of Australia’s most infamous prisoners were once held. The entire space can accommodate up to 150 people. The precinct includes Melbourne’s oldest prison, the historic Magistrate’s Court and former Police City Watch House and has been the heart of crime, law and order in Melbourne since the 1840’s. Legendary Chopper Reid and notorious gangster Squizzy Taylor have spent time within its walls.
Read the scrawling's, feel the padded cell and soak up the atmosphere of this truly one of a kind event space.
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