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Stradbroke Island Quarantine Station

Name
Stradbroke Island Quarantine Station
Type of carceral site
Quarantine Station; Other
Dates of use
1850 – 1865
Quote
AROUND THIS STONE
ARE INTERRED
THE MORTAL REMAINS
OF
TWENTY-SIX IMMIGRANTS,
WHO
SEEKING IN THIS LAND
AN EARTHLY HOME,
HAVE FOUND, ELSEWHERE,
WE TRUST,
A BETTER COUNTRY.
Plaque.
Plaque for Dr Mitchell's Grave, qtd. in "Memorials." The 'Emigrant': Ship of Death, Jane Smith, https://www.emigrantship.com.au/memorials. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026.
Authority
1849–1850 (New South Wales Colonial Administration; 1859 (Separation of Queensland); Benevolent Asylum Wards Act 1861 (Queensland)
Contact
Dashiell
identifier
SITE-SBIQ
Item sets
Carceral Sites