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42 photos1910–1939

Outside Brisbane itself, but close enough to be in the collection.

42 historic photos of St Helena Island, near Brisbane, taken between 1910 and 1939. They span 3 decades, with the most from the 1910s (28). All are from the State Library of Queensland; each photo links to its original record.

1910s28 photos

Ayrshire dairy herd and milking shed on St Helena Island, 19101910Ayrshire herd on St. Helena Island, 19101910View of the penal settlement on St. Helena Island from the south-east point of the island, 19101910Prisoners making uniforms in the tailors' workshop on St Helena Island, 19111911Prisoners in the saddlers' shop on St Helena Island, 19111911Prisoners making boots on St Helena Island, 19111911Prisoners using a sisal hemp raspador on St. Helena Island, 19111911View of the jetty and tramcar on St. Helena Island, 19111911Field gang on St. Helena Island, 19111911Vegetable gardens, H.M. Penal Establishment, St. Helena (Prisioners' garden in foreground), 19111911Prisoners working on flax at the old sugar mill site on St. Helena Island, 19121912Tailoring workshop on St. Helena Island, 19121912Part of the Ayrshire herd at the St. Helena Island penal settlement, 19121912Warders' barracks on St. Helena, 19121912Ayrshire cattle at St. Helena Island penal settlement, 19121912Ayrshire Bull, 'Drummond of Lynburn', St. Helena, 19121912Official quarters of the St. Helena Island penal establishment, 19121912Field gang and vegetable gardens at St. Helena Island, 19131913Buildings at the penal settlement on St. Helena Island, 19131913View of the penal settlement from the jetty on St. Helena Island, 19131913Convicts in the leather shop on St. Helena Island, 19131913Ayrshire cows, H.M. Penal Establishment, St. Helena, 19131913Cultivated land on St. Helena Island, 19141914Rear view of the stockade of the St. Helena penal establishment, 19141914View of the St. Helena penal establishment at low tide, 19141914Prisoners in the tailors shop on St. Helena penal establishment, 19141914Prisoners working with sisal hemp and a raspador on the St. Helena penal establishment, 19141914Old gun at St. Helena penal establishment, 19141914

1920s8 photos

Ornate fountain on St. Helena Island, 19281928Horsedrawn tram on St. Helena Island, 19281928Warders' buildings on St. Helena Island, 19281928Main jail building on Saint Helena, 19281928Sugar mill ruins on St.. Helena Island, 19281928Garden of the old superintendant house, St. Helena, 19281928Superintendant residence on St. Helena Island, 19281928Government officials visiting St. Helena, 19281928

1930s6 photos

Old Gaol on St. Helena Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, 19321932Old cottage on St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, 19341934Remains of a stone house on St. Helena Island, 19391939One of the warder's cottages on St. Helena Island, 19391939Signal cannon on St. Helena Island, 19391939Cell block on St. Helena Island, 19391939

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Photos from the State Library of Queensland (out of copyright) and Queensland State Archives (Crown copyright expired). Every photo links to its original record.

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