Coburg, Victoria
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Coburg is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north of Melbourne's city centre. It is mainly a part of the City of Merri-bek local government area, with a handful of properties on
View of Coburg and the apartments on Pentridge Boulevard, looking towards Melbourne CBD, 2020
Entrance to the former HM Prison Pentridge, 2020
Bluestone cottage, now museum, built 1864
Coburg Metropolitan Fire Brigade Station, used from 1925 to 1992
HM Prison Pentridge
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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. T
Coburg, Victoria
…Bell St West and what would be called Sydney Road. In an effort by the council to separate the broader area's reputation from the already infamous HM Prison Pentridge, the area became known as Coburg in 1870, and was later formally proclaimed as the Shire of Coburg in 1874. Coburg's boundaries are Gaffney Street and…
The entrance to Pentridge Prison, 1861 (Source: State Library of Victoria)
Pentridge Prison front gate, 2006
HM Prison Pentridge guard tower, 2014