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Seaforth Plantation

Name
Seaforth Plantation
Type of carceral site
Plantation
Dates of use
1880 – 1898
Quote
He reports that the Aboriginals in these districts have been tolerably quiet and believes that this will continue, 'As every case of aggression on their part has been promptly followed by punishment'.
Government Correspondence/Administrative Record.
Queensland Government. Index to Colonial Secretary's Office Correspondence 1859–1896. Queensland State Archives, 1860, p. 45.
There is a certain amount of work in the cane field that a white man is not able to do, or that they won't do: and I do not believe they can.
Government Correspondence/Administrative Record.
Queensland Government. Royal Commission on the Sugar Industry. Queensland Government Printer, 1889, p. 220
Authority
Private investment; CSR Sugar
location
Townsville, Gurambilbarra
Contact
Dashiell
identifier
SITE-TVSEA
Item sets
Carceral Sites
Media
Group of South Sea Islanders planting sugar cane at Seaforth, date unknown. Courtesy of Burdekin Shire Council Library Services.