Put yourself on trial

Stand in the dock, sit in the Judge’s chair or join in the crowd in the public gallery. Feel the tension and drama that was played out during thousands of hearings in this iconic court.

Court number one was arguably the most famous of the original 3 that stand on the site of the former Supreme Court of Victoria – the place Ned Kelly was sentenced to death by Judge Redmund Barry. Court one holds this title because of its proximity to the City Watch House where from 1911 to 1994, many of Victoria’s most notorious criminals were taken for committal and bail hearings after being locked up in the Watch House. These characters range from the historic such as the gangster Squizzy Taylor to more contemporary felons such as Julian Knight.

Viewable during peak periods or for group bookings only.