HM Prison Dhurringile
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| Australian Prisons | |
| HM Prison Dhurringile | |
| Location: | Murchison, Victoria |
| Status: | Operational |
| Classification: | Minimum Security |
| Capacity: | 174 |
| Opened: | 1965 |
| Closed: | |
| Managed by: | Corrections Victoria |
HM Prison Dhurringile is a minimum security prison located on Murchison Road, Murchison, Victoria, Australia.
Situated 160 km north of Melbourne, the 68-room mansion, completed in 1877, was originally a homestead for a large farm. During the war it was used as an internment camp for 'alien civilians' and later for prisoners of war.
After the war the property was used by the Presbyterian Church as a training camp for English and Scottish orphans, until it was purchased by the Victorian Government in 1965 for use as a minimum security prison. Over the years the grounds have been reduced to just over 1 km² (0.4 mile²).
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 Prisons in Victoria |
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| Acheron Boys Home | Allambie Reception Centre | Ashendene Boys Home | Beechworth Correctional Centre | Dame Phyllis Frost Centre | Fulham Correctional Centre | J Ward | Hillside Boys Home | HM Prison Ararat | HM Prison Barwon | HM Prison Beechworth | HM Prison Bendigo | HM Melbourne Assessment Prison | HM Prison Dhurringile| HM Prison Fairlea | HM Prison Geelong | HM Prison Langi Kal Kal| HM Prison Loddon | HM Prison Morwell River | HM Prison Pentridge | HM Prison Sale | HM Prison Tarrengower | HM Prison Won Wron | Illoura Children’s Home | Ivanhoe Hostel | Melbourne Custody Centre | Mirallee Reception Centre | Old Castlemaine Gaol | Malmsbury Youth Training Centre | Marngoneet Correctional Centre | Old Melbourne Gaol | Metropolitan Remand Centre | Pirra Girls’ Home | Port Phillip Prison | Turana Youth Training Centre | Winlaton Youth Training Centre | |
