Organisation

Fairlea Female Prison

Public Record Office Victoria
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Fairlea Womens Prison was established in 1956 as a replacement for the female reformatory at Pentridge.

Fairlea was located on the same site as the Yarra Bend Asylum, which closed in 1925. Fairlea closed in August 1996 and was replaced by the new ly run womens prison at Deer Park (known as Deer Park Womens Prison).

Data time period: [1956 TO 1996]

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Identifiers
ACN 633 798 857