How pieces of Pentridge Prison’s theatrical history resurfaced through shared knowledge and archival research. In the 18th newsletter, I wrote about a Broad Arrow Boys programme that had recently been donated to the museum by Dr Peter White. Not long afterwards, Tim from the Coburg Historical Society (CHS) kindly got in touch and sent me copies of several more Broad Arrow Boys programmes. While the CHS never held the original programmes, a former member had donated black-and-

Original cartoon by Tom Glover. Held by Tom Glover’s family. A few weeks ago, I received an email from Philip Glover, a grandson of Australian cartoonist Tom Glover (1891-1938) who had come across an original cartoon connected to Pentridge Prison and its brass band. Philip had been researching his grandfather’s work and was hoping to uncover where and when the cartoon had originally been published. Over the following weeks, Philip carried out extensive research with assistanc

hand drawn plan of Pentridge Prison from 1889

Donald Duck at Pentridge Prison Pentridge Prison online Museum

Section 9 Records Open to the Public

Exploring Goat Island (Me-mel) - with a link to Pentridge Prison

Keeping History Close To Home - Pentridge Coburg

Classification Board, Pentridge Prison online Museum

Photo: FootscrayRecords, via Facebook A record store in Footscray has acquired a vinyl collection from Pentridge Prison—around 2,000...

𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 "𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿" 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 Mixed media on fibro cement board, 45.5 × 66 cm Private...

The provenance of an object is simply its history, tracing its ownership and whereabouts from the moment of its creation or first use....

Establishing a museum for Pentridge Prison has been a long-held dream of mine. While the Pentridge Prison Online Museum is now live – a...

𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺: 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘!

George Harris' painting in Pentridge's B Divisions.

To commemorate the 58th anniversary of Ronald Ryan's execution, Pentridge Voices collaborated with the National Crime and Justice...