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Mt Eden prison

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Mt Eden prison

Auckland’s volcanic rock – a scree slope of basalt is visible in the foreground – was used in the wall around the original Mt Eden prison, formerly a military barracks. This complex was replaced by a new prison on the same site in 1917.

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Margaret McClure, Auckland region – Landforms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15868/mt-eden-prison (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2016.