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Ararat Prison - Education Centre - Number 4978

School listing from the Historical Victorian State Schools Directory.

Key information

Address:
Ararat 3377
Opened:
6 February 1968
School type:
Special
School number:
4978
Other names:
Warrak Park, Ararat Training Prison

How to find enrolment records

If your school is open: contact the school directly to access your records.

If your school has closed: contact the Archives and Records branch via email archives.records@education.vic.gov.au or 1800 359 140 and they will assist you.

Details

In the 1960s and into the 1970s the Department of Education offered education programs in adult prisons such as Ararat Prison.

Currently - since 2024 - education programs in adult prisons are delivered by local TAFE providers.

It is not known when the Departmentally-run school at Ararat Prison closed nor when the Department of Education stopped delivering such programs.

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