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HM Prison Pentridge

HM Prison Pentridge, better known as Pentridge Prison, was an Australian prison established in 1851 in . The first convicts arrived at the gaol in 1851.
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: former maximum-security prison in Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Her Majesty’s Prison Pentridge”, “HMP Pentridge”, “Pentridge Gaol”, “Pentridge Prison”, and “Pentridge Stockade”
  • Address: Champ Street, Coburg, 3058

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Batman railway station and Coburg City Oval.

Railway station
Photo: Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commuter railway station on the Upfield line, part of the Melbourne railway network. It serves the northern suburb of Coburg North in , Victoria, Australia. is situated 600 metres northwest of HM Prison Pentridge.

Stadium
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is an Australian rules football and cricket located in , . It is home to the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football League, and the Coburg Cricket Club. is situated 1 km south of HM Prison Pentridge.

Railway station
Photo: Bananabones, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commuter railway station located in the northern suburb of in , Victoria, Australia. The station opened on 9 September 1884, with the former ground level station closed and demolished in July 2020 and the current elevated station provided in December 2020 by the Level Crossing Removal Project. is situated 1 km southwest of HM Prison Pentridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northern suburbs and Westgarth.

Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of include Ascot Vale, Broadmeadows, Brunswick, Bundoora, Coburg, Epping, Hume, Ivanhoe, Moonee Ponds, Nillumbik Shire, Northcote, South Morang, and Tullamarine.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood within the suburb of , about 4 or 5 km north-east of 's central business district in Victoria, . is situated 5 km southeast of HM Prison Pentridge.

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Melbourne's is a vibrant and diverse area, home to a number of cultural and social icons of . It is famed for the popular Lygon Street Italian district, while next door lies the University of Melbourne, the best university in Australia by many rankings.

HM Prison Pentridge

Latitude
-37.73621° or 37° 44′ 10″ south
Longitude
144.96879° or 144° 58′ 8″ east
Elevation
130 metres (427 feet)
Inception
1851
Open location code
4RJ67X79+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 290084770
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­prison
Geo­Names ID
12908607
Wiki­data ID
Q3247898
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“HM Prison Pentridge” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “彭特里奇监狱”
  • Chinese: “彭特里奇監獄”
  • Japanese: “ペントリッジ刑務所”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zatvor Nj.V. Pentridge”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zatvor Pentridge”
  • Slovenian: “HM Prison Pentridge”
  • Swedish: “HM Prison Pentridge”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “HM Prison Pentridge”. Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5.