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Name
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Peel Island Lazaret
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Type of carceral site
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Lock Hospital; Other
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Dates of use
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1902 – 1959
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Quote
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A strange aura still permeates Peel Island. It is as intangible as the moan of the pine needles, the screech of the cicadas, and the large black crows' challenge to the heavy atmosphere. In the deep shade beneath the canopy of ancient pines, a dank carpet of tree trunks, blackened from past bushfires, stand out starkly against the grey backdrop of the dead lower foliage. Only above, high against the sky, do the leaves become green. The aura is history - man's history - still peeking through from an age now past. In shell midden mounds lie the rubbish of past aboriginal feasts. In the cell block a th Bluff, the echo of the inebriates' shouts . And in the cemetery amongst the gums, the exile of the Hansen Disease (leprosy) patients.
History.
Ludlow, Peter. Peel Island: Paradise or Prison?. Stones Corner, 1987, pp. 1-2.
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Authority
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the Leprosy Act of 1892 (Queensland)
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Archives and sources
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Greenop, Kelly, Marijuan-Rodriquez, Carlota, Darr, Jonus, Juckes, Emily, Riddel, Dr Robert, Jarzab, Zbigniew, Sidonio, Luis, Lee, Melissa , Zhang, Simon , Thompson, Daniel , Sou, Ka Meng Steven, Chan, Tsz Wai Jacky, Ching, Wayne Tsun Yin , Feng, Wei-Hsuan Joe, Man, Merrick , Ou, Yu-Hung Johnny , Yau, Eric Kai Chun , Chan, Raymond Pak Kwan , Landorf, Chris , Chan, Yi-Lo Bonnie , Zhao, Xiaoxin , Yin, Max, Lamb, Timothy , Guan, Toni Jingwen , and Roberts, Jonathan (2017). Recording Peel Island. A digital and historical documentation. The University of Queensland. Data Collection.
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Contact
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Dashiell
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identifier
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SITE-PIL