HM Prison Pentridge

HM Prison Pentridge, better known as the Pentridge Prison and officially, Her Majesty's Prison Pentridge, is a former prison in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The first convicts arrived at the gaol in 1851 and the facility closed during 1997, and some of the heritage-listed buildings are extant. Pentridge was colloquially referred to as the "Bluestone College", "Coburg College" or "College of Knowledge". The site is archeologically significant as it contains remnants of 1850s-era prison structures, the burial sites of all executed prisoners relocated from the Old Melbourne Gaol between 1929 and 1937, and the burials of nine prisoners executed at Pentridge between 1928 and 1951, including the former grave of Ned Kelly, a Colonial Australian bushranger. In 1999, the Victorian Government sold the site to property developers and, since 2013, guided by various masterplans, heritage impact statements, and development consents, the heritage-listed buildings were required to be restored and integrated into a new community precinct with a mix of housing types, retail, commercial, public open space, and heritage-aligned tourism facilities. Buildings that were not included in the heritage curtail were demolished.

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