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The Waxworks

Waxworks were among the various types of entertainment venue to emerge in Australian cities in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Ned Kelly death mask, date unknown an unknown artist after Maximilian Kreitmayer

Death mask of George Melville courtesy of National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Old Melbourne Gaol Collection

Vue intérieure de la morgue

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