Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret

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Cartographic Name
Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret
Identifier
SITE-FANT
Contained in place
Fantome Island
category
Reserve, Station, or Mission
temporalCoverage
1928-1973
sourceOrganization
Leprosy Act 1892 (Queensland) and Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 (Queensland)
text
"No need for high stone walls/ The sea surrounds us, guards us/ the silence of waves replaces barbed wire (Kathy Gibson)" Family/Caceral History. Bell, Jack. Fantome Island: Family Photographs and Drawings. Gibson Family Collection, 2018. n.p.
"You believe you’re there to die, you describe yourself as a living dead, listening to songs such as Peace in the Valley, people were preparing themselves for the time to come (Selwyn Joe Englomesse)" Carceral Documentary. Gilligan, Sean. Fantome Island. Gilligan Media Productions, 2011. n.p.
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Title Class
Fantome Island Place