St Helena Island Penal Establishment

Cartographic Name: St Helena Island Penal Establishment
Identifier: SITE-SHI
Contained in place: St Helena Island
category: Penal Settlement
temporalCoverage: 1867-1932
sourceOrganization: Prisons Act 1863 (Queensland)
text: "St Helena would be converted into a ‘farm colony’ and well‑conducted long term prisoners will be sent there for special treatment during the latter stages of their sentences, while qualifying for absolute release" Penal Reform Discourse. Queensland Home Secretary Department. Prisons Department Report. Queensland Government, 1921.; "For the first 25 years, certain warders had their families living with them in married quarters. Warders and their families lived in cottages on Warders Row with 3 bedrooms, a sitting room, front veranda and kitchen" Public History. St Helena Island National Park Education Program. St Helena Stories: Birdcage of the Bay (Student Booklet). Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, 2020, p.12.