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St Helena Island National Park - Prison Cemetery

St Helena Island, QLD, AU / QLD

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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.

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  • BEACHES / COASTAL - [general]
  • BEACHES / COASTAL - Islands
  • CEMETERIES - [general]
  • CEMETERIES - Historic
  • CEMETERIES - Park
  • CEMETERIES - Rural / Private
  • INDUSTRIAL - [general]
  • INDUSTRIAL - Abandoned Structures
  • INDUSTRIAL - Abandoned Structures
  • PRISONS / JAILS - [general]
  • PRISONS / JAILS - City / County Jails
  • PRISONS / JAILS - Period Prisons / Historic
  • PRISONS / JAILS - State Penitentiary