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'''Areas'''
== location ==
in Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne see also [[Melbourne Gaol|Melbourne Gaol]]
== Beginnings ==
Pentridge (the old name for Coburg) prison started as a stockade to receive sixteen prisoners from the overcrowded Melbourne Gaol in 1850. They were used to build Sydney Road.
The first superintendent of the stockade was Mr Samuel Barrow.
In the period 1857–64 the stockade was transformed into a typical Pentonville-type prison with cells for each prisoner.
== Importance of Pentridge ==
'''Map'''
Photograph For many years Pentridge was the main prison in Victoria
== What was Pentridge like in the late 1870s ==
By 1870 there were 650 prisoners and 100 staff.
Average age of prisoners ([[The Argus at KellyGang 12/11/1879|Argus12/11/79]])
[[Doctors|Doctor]] '''James Reed'''
Mr '''Akehurst''' Magistrate ([[Kilmore Free Press at KellyGang 31/8/1876|Killmore31/8/1876]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
[[Harry Power|Harry Power]] spent most of his 10 year sentence here after he was convicted of being a bushranger in [[1864-1873 Events|1870]]
[[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] spent part of his time in the early 1870's in Pentridge and down at the gaol quarry and public works depot at Point [[Point Gelibrand|Gelibrand]].
Graves came to the conclusion that the whereabouts of the '''KellyGang''' was known to prisoners in Pentridge prior to the [[Stringy Bark Creek|Wombat murders]], and that the police by that means or some others gained a knowledge of where they were. ([[Royal Commission report day 45 page 14|RC15529]])
Correspondence with prisoners. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 2/12/1878|Argus2/12/78]])
Mrs [[Ellen (King) Kelly|Kelly]] was in Pentridge at the time when she handed over her daughter ([[Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express at KellyGang 7/6/1879|Alexandra7/6/1879]])
== Have you visited ==
== What to see ==
== What happened at the Pentridge after the time of the Kelly Gang ==
In May 1997 the northern half of the prison was officially closed
== What is happening at the Pentridge today ==
Much of the area of the old Prison is being turned into a housing estate KellyGang
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