This page will be accessible for 24 hours from the time of purchase.
We suggest you listen to the stories before stepping out around town. You can then review the stories you particularly enjoyed on your return.
The map from our book is included here to help you find the locations in the tour. As you can see, there are several other locations close to the town’s centre that are known for their ghost stories. If you would like to find out more, the book is available from the ghost friendly retailers listed on our SHOP page or via this website.
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TERMS OF USE
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INTRODUCTION
1:39 minutes
Francis Alexander Corbett at the former ROYAL OAK HOTEL
9 Bank Street
COMMERCIAL HOTEL, PORT FAIRY, VIC (c 1920-1954) [postcard], State Library of Victoria, http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/59772, accessed 22 December 2024.
Note: The Royal Oak Hotel was named the Commercial Hotel at one stage of the property’s history.
4.46 minutes
Matilda Dixon UNCUT
7.24 minutes
Thomas McCracken and various hauntings at SEACOMBE HOUSE
22 Sackville Street
John T. Collins (1962) Port Fairy [photograph], State Library of Victoria, http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4121932, accessed 22 December 2024.
9.45 minutes
Douglas Roy Smith at the former BANK OF AUSTRALASIA
24 Sackville Street
Colin Caldwell (1958) A.N.Z. Bank, Port Fairy, Vic. [photograph], State Library of Victoria, http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/72811, accessed 22 December 2024.
5.03 minutes
former TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
25 Sackville Street
John T. Collins (1971) Port Fairy Post Office cnr. Sackville and Cox Sts. [photograph], State Library of Victoria, http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233031, accessed 22 December 2024.
Note: Mary Gibb has advised that the public telephones were situated in the area circled in red. The old telephone exchange was behind the public telephones, in a small room that faced east.
0:50 seconds
A matching navy pinstripe suit and hat at APOTHECARIES HALL
51 Cox Street
John T. Collins (1962) Port Fairy [photograph], State Library of Victoria, http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/4121755, accessed 22 December 2024.
4:55 minutes
Old Joe at THE STUMP
41 Bank Street
John T. Collins (1962) Port Fairy [photograph], State Library of Victoria, http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/233174, accessed 22 December 2024.
9:29 minutes
Norman Hucklebridge at the DRILL HALL
42 Bank Street
Port Fairy Drill Hall (n.d.) [photograph], Victorian Heritage Database, https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/126000, accessed 22 December 2024.
6:32 minutes