12 April 1929 by workmen constructing the present Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) building. Peter Norden, former prison chaplain at Pentridge Prison, has campaigned for the site's restoration. As of 2011, most of the bodies have been exhumed by archaeologists and have either been re-interred in the original cemetery near D Division, are awaiting identification at the Melbourne morgue or have been returned to their families. In 2011, Ned Kelly's remains were once again exhumed and returned to his surviving descendants for a proper family burial. The identified remains of Kelly did not include most of his skull. DNA testing also established another complete skull believed to be Kelly's was not in fact his. Executions Last execution Ronald Ryan, the last man executed at Pentridge Prison, was also the last man to be executed in Australia. He was hanged in D Division at 8:00 am on 3 February 1967 after being convicted of shooting dead prison officer George Hodson during an escape from the prison. Later that day, Ryan's body was buried in an unmarked grave within the D Division prison facility. Notable prisoners Dennis Allen – oldest member of the Pettingill family Garry David – (d. 1993), also known as Garry Webb, responsible for the Community Protection Act 1990 John Dixon-Jenkins – aka Anti-nuclear Warrior, imprisoned for planting fake bombs as part of a personal endeavour to raise public awareness about the global nuclear threat; authored The Unified Theory of Existence (A Love Story) while in Pentridge (1986). Peter Dupas – Australian serial killer Keith Faure – convicted of murdering Lewis Caine and Lewis Moran with Evangelos Goussis during the Melbourne gangland killings, and was also the basis for the character of Keithy George in the film Chopper. Christopher Dale Flannery – aka Mr Rent-a-Kill, hitman. Kevin Albert Joiner – murderer, shot dead trying to escape in 1952 Robert Wrightmurderer, killed a mother and her nine-year-old son in 1979; involved in two escapes including the 1983 Jika Jika escape. Died in the 1987 Jika Jika prison fire. Ned Kelly – murderer and bushranger Julian Knight – murdered 7 people in the Hoddle Street massacre Shelton Lea – poet Eddie Leonski – U.S. soldier, known as the Brownout Strangler Craig 'Slim' Minogue – the Russell Street bomber Clarrie O'Shea – a trade unionist, arrested for contempt of court, triggering massive state-wide strike action Victor Peirce – a member of