HM Prison Dhurringile

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Australian Prisons
HM Prison Dhurringile
Location: Murchison, Victoria
Status: Operational
Classification: Minimum Security
Capacity: 108
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 World War II, it was used as an internment camp for 'alien civilians' and later for prisoners of war.[1]

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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