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Name
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CSR Goondi Estate
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Type of carceral site
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Plantation
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Dates of use
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1884 – 1987
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Quote
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[T]he death rate of Islanders far exceeded that of the entire European population, young and old, and male and female. At its worst, it was as high as 60 percent between 1883 to 1885 on the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's Goondi estate.
Monograph.
Mar, Tracey Banivanua. Violence and Colonial Dialogue. University of Hawaii Press, 2007, p. 13.
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Authority
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Pacific Island Labourers Act 1880 (QLD); Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901
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Archives and sources
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"Deposit N126 - CSR Limited Goondi Mill deposit 1." Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Archives, 22 May 2012. https://archivescollection.anu.edu.au/index.php/csr-limited-goondi-mill-deposit-1. Accessed 17 June 2026.
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Contact
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Dashiell
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identifier
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SITE-GDI
Goondi
