According to St Helena Island’s website, it served as a high-security colonial prison from 1867 due to overcrowding in Brisbane’s jails. Join the conversation Add your comment to this story ...

St. Helena Island and some of its surrounding barrier islands have been part of a Cultural Protection Overlay District since 1999. Marquetta Goodwine, also known as Queen Quet, the chieftess of the ...

According to St Helena Island’s website, it served as a high-security colonial prison from 1867 due to overcrowding in Brisbane’s jails. Originally published as St Helena Island: ...