Location Name - St Helena - Red Hillside
St Helena Island

Council: Brisbane City Council
Region: Brisbane
Location ID: 10089139


 
Categories:
LANDSCAPES - *
LANDSCAPES - Rock Formations / Cliffs

Description:
This old quarry carved by prisoners being reclaimed by vegetation on St Helena Island Island. Which 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.



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