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).
[edit] References
- ^ Sydney/Kormoran Documents: Naval Intelligence Letter p3. Royal Australian Navy Archive (1941).
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