as the "Hell division". He told reporters at the time, "Prisoners are not rough, tough hooligans. Most of the occupants of prison are inadequate, pitiful people." In 1980 he was appointed chairman of a parliamentary committee to investigate pollution in the Yarra River and the possible cleanup of what he described as the "depressed, ramshackle buildings" along the southern bank of the river. As a result of his work, the Victorian Government spent six million Australian dollars cleaning up the area. References "Liberal minister took a crowbar to 'Hell' of a jail", Philip Jones, The Australian, 5 February 2001 "Man of Vision Gets Honorable Send-Off", Meaghan Shaw, The Age, 17 January 2001 HANSARD records of the Fifty-Fourth Victorian State Parliament, 27 February 2001 (Book 1) (available online in PDF) External links Bridges on the Yarra River — Geocaching Australia 1921 births People educated at Melbourne Grammar School 2001 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Victorian Ministers for the Environment Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II Australian Army officers Australian farmers Military personnel from Melbourne Politicians from Melbourne