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Masks of the dead

Macabre entrepreneur Maximilian Kreitmayer found himself a special niche in the Melbourne of the late 1800s: using the faces of dead bushrangers to fill his waxworks’ Chamber of Horrors. Old Melbourne Gaol tour guide Aurora Llywelyn joins to tell more.

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February 3, 2022 - 12:00AM

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