Mary Cray was yet another woman who managed a house of illrepute in Main Road, Ballarat, near the Metropolitan Hotel. Her husband John Cray was in and out of gaol so that she managed the establishment described on at least one occasion as a coffee and refreshment tent.

Mary HOLEHOUSE also a convict – per Tory 1845 to Van Diemen’s Land.
Previously married and had children
Married 1849 Mary Holehouse to John Cray

John Cray and Mary Cray story in Prostitutes & Pimps by Wickham & McPhee
See John Cray

Image: Eugene von Guerard, Post Office Hill 18 July 1853, State Library of Victoria.
Post Office Hill is situated at Golden Point near Main Road, Ballarat East.