Old Melbourne Gaol, built 165 years ago during the Victorian gold rush era, once housed prisoners in small cells where they spent 23 hours per day in isolation. Inmates were only permitted one hour of daily exercise and had to wear canvas masks when leaving their cells, with strict prohibitions against talking or making any noise. The historic jail has been preserved exactly as it appeared when it was an operating prison over a century ago.

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