Location Name - St Helena Island National Park - Prison Cemetery
St Helena Island

Council: Brisbane City Council
Region: Brisbane
Location ID: 10089114


Website:
https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/st-helena-island (Website)

 
Categories:
BEACHES / COASTAL - *
BEACHES / COASTAL - Islands
CEMETERIES - *
CEMETERIES - Historic
CEMETERIES - Park-Setting
CEMETERIES - Rural / Private
INDUSTRIAL - *
INDUSTRIAL - Abandoned Structures
PRISONS / JAILS - *
PRISONS / JAILS - City / County Jails
PRISONS / JAILS - Period Prisons / Historic
PRISONS / JAILS - State Penitentiary
ABANDONED - *

Description:
St Helena Island is Queensland’s most historic island. This beautiful National Park is located four kilometres from the mouth of the Brisbane River (10mins travel by boat from Manly Harbour) For more than 60 years was home to hundreds of society’s outcasts, for here stood colonial Queensland’s foremost maximum security prison for men. The Island is rich in history and has a fascinating and colourful past.



photos:

photo ID#: 2738141


photo ID#: 2738146


photo ID#: 2738147


photo ID#: 2738145


photo ID#: 2738148


photo ID#: 2738149


photo ID#: 2738150


photo ID#: 2738140


photo ID#: 2738144


photo ID#: 2738142


photo ID#: 2738143