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Photo by Robyn Conroy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Photo by Robyn Conroy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Photo by Robyn Conroy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
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Background
The Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre is a heritage-listed former juvenile detention centre, now a parkland and redevelopment precinct known as Mount Penang Parklands. It is situated on the Pacific Highway at Somersby, Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Nangle and built from 1912 by the New South Wales Public Works Department.
It was also known as The Farm Home for Boys, Girrakool and Kariong Juvenile Detention Centre. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register in September 2003.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-penang-juvenile-justice-centre
Chicago
"Mount Penang Juvenile Justice Centre." World Prisons. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/mount-penang-juvenile-justice-centre.
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