Ghost Map

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Country

Australia

cases
12
years
1826–2026

Disputed: 1 Legend: 11

  1. 19th century

    1. 1826 Roadside and bridge ghosts · Legend Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown Fisher's Ghost Creek, Campbelltown, New South Wales In a colonial legend, the murdered farmer Frederick Fisher sat on a fence rail one night and pointed to the spot where his body had been hidden.
    2. 1830–present Prisons, hospitals and asylums · Legend Port Arthur – Ghosts of a Penal Colony Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania A former penal settlement for the most defiant convicts is said to be Australia's most haunted place – with its parsonage, Separate Prison and Isle of the Dead.
    3. 1832–present Prisons, hospitals and asylums · Legend The Quarantine Station at North Head, Manly Q Station, North Head, Manly, New South Wales For 152 years, people with smallpox, plague and Spanish flu were isolated here at the entrance to Sydney Harbour. Today it is a hotel with ghost tours by night.
    4. 1845–present Prisons, hospitals and asylums · Legend Old Melbourne Gaol Old Melbourne Gaol, Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria In the gaol where Ned Kelly was hanged, security guards hear cell doors slam at night and the jangle of keys no one is holding.
    5. 1854–present Prisons, hospitals and asylums · Legend Adelaide Gaol and Governor Ashton's Footsteps Adelaide Gaol, Thebarton, Adelaide, South Australia In Adelaide's old gaol, the first governor's footsteps are said to be heard, while the hangman Ben Ellis and the executed Fred Carr still walk the corridors.
    6. 1867–present Prisons, hospitals and asylums · Legend Beechworth's Mayday Hills Asylum Former Mayday Hills Asylum, Beechworth, Victoria One of Victoria's largest former psychiatric hospitals, open for 128 years, becomes the setting for ghost tours after dark.
    7. 1887–present Prisons, hospitals and asylums · Legend J Ward – Ararat's Gaol and Asylum J Ward, Ararat, Victoria A gold-rush gaol later turned into a ward for the ‘criminally insane’ in Ararat is said to be one of the most haunted places in Victoria.
    8. 1888–present Ghosts of historical figures · Legend Federici's Ghost at Melbourne's Princess Theatre Princess Theatre, Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria A singer who died after sinking through a stage trapdoor as Mephistopheles is said to still take a seat in the dress circle of a Melbourne theatre.

  2. 1900–1909

    1. 1909–present Prisons, hospitals and asylums · Legend Fremantle Prison and the Face of Martha Rendell Fremantle Prison, Fremantle, Western Australia In the chapel of Fremantle's convict-built prison, the face of Martha Rendell – the last woman hanged in Western Australia – is said to appear in a stained-glass window.

  3. 1910–1919

    1. 1910–present Haunted houses and manors · Legend Monte Cristo – Australia's Most Haunted House Monte Cristo Homestead, Junee, New South Wales A Victorian homestead above Junee, where the founder's widow shut herself away for over twenty years, advertised itself as Australia's most haunted house.
    2. c. 1912–present Roadside and bridge ghosts · Disputed The Min Min Lights of Queensland Around Boulia, Channel Country, Queensland Mysterious lights on the plains of western Queensland are said to follow travellers for miles before suddenly winking out.
    3. 1913–present Prisons, hospitals and asylums · Legend Boggo Road Gaol and the Ghost of Ernie Austin Boggo Road Gaol, Dutton Park, Brisbane, Queensland The last man hanged in Queensland was said to torment new prisoners for decades – one of Australia's longest-told prison ghost stories.