Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - Black and White, W.G.(Geoff) Little, Ballarat Gaol Gallows, 1964, 1964
... gallows timber.... .1) The large timber used for the gallows was only put...) The large timber used for the gallows was only put in place when ...
There were around 13 hanging at the former Ballarat Gaol. .1) The large timber used for the gallows was only put in place when a hanging was to take place; .2) The platform for the gallows. The timber was lodged into the wall hitching above the trapdoor; .3) The gallows trapdoor. The fourth photo shows the demolition of the gaol.Three black and white images of the gallows, and the area around the gallows, at the former Ballarat Gaol.ballarat gaol, ballarat school of mines, gaol, bluestone, hanging, gallows, trapdoor, gallows timber, platform, geoff little
