HM Prison Dhurringile

HM Prison Dhurringile

Infobox Prison
prison_name=HM Prison Dhurringile


location=Murchison, Victoria, Australia
coordinates=
status=
classification=Minimum Security
capacity=108
opened=1965
closed=
managed_by=Corrections Victoria
director=

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. [*cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_SYDNEY_and_KORMORAN_DOCUMENTS |title=HMAS SYDNEY and KORMORAN DOCUMENTS |publisher=Sea Power (Royal Australian Navy Archive) |year=1941 |accessdate=2008-09-15 ]

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).

References

External links

* [http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/DOJ+Internet/Home/Prisons/Prisons+in+Victoria/JUSTICE+-+Prison+Profiles+-+Dhurringile+Prison Prison Profiles - Dhurringile Prison]


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