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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Monday – 25 June 2018 at 7.30pm

MeetingsJune 8, 2018
Convict hulk 'Success' at Williamstown C. 1890-1900. Photographers Webb & Webb. Courtesy State Library of Victoria Geoff Dougall and Alf Pelns will speak on the subject of prison hulks at our June meeting at Port Melbourne Town Hall. Geoff Dougall By the middle of the 19th century the exisiting prison facilities in Victoria were overcrowded so the Government turned to the use of…

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Housing prisoners

Port Melbourne HistoryApril 10, 2014
Prison hulk SUCCESS, State Library of Victoria The Victorian government announced this week that it will be buying more shipping containers to house the growing prison population. The news prompted this post. To get your bearings for this story, place yourself on the beach between the Life Saving Victoria headquarters and the Sandridge Life Saving Club. In the 1850’s, clearly visible between…

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