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2 unusual facts about HM Prison Pentridge


Charles O'Hea

He was the man who, in 1867, called a public meeting to discuss the potential for a change of name, as "Pentridge" was seen as too evocative of the gaol.

Everynight ... Everynight

Based on a play of the same name, written by Ray Mooney, the film details the early life of contract killer Christopher Dale Flannery and is set inside Melbourne's HM Prison Pentridge's maximum security H Division.


Coburg, Victoria

The suburb's most famous landmark is HM Prison Pentridge, which has recently been redeveloped into a housing estate.

Prisoners at what came to be called HM Prison Pentridge were immediately put on "hard labour" by breaking up bluestone for road surfaces.


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