stradbrokeisland

Benevolent asylums were established in all the Australian colonies in the nineteenth century. In NSW and Victoria, they were established as religious charities. In Queensland, however, the state took responsibility, and the Queensland Benevolent Asylum Act of 1861 funded hospitals to have ‘asylum wards’. In 1865 the Colonial Government proposed that an asylum ward for the sick and poor be established at the new general hospital site at Herston. Under ‘public pressure’ the colony government decided in 1866 to relocate the asylum on a ‘temporary basis to the Dunwich Quarantine Station. It started with 80–90 inmates, confusing funding, and a drunk as Director. Source: stradbrokemuseum.com.au/dunwich-benevolent-asylum/

Dunwich ‘Bohemia’ An exhibition exploring the artistic and literary works of three generations of the Agnew family is currently on display at the Museum . The exhibition —a collaboration with the Redland Museum — features artworks and writings, as well as a series of photographs taken in Dunwich by Philip Agnew. The Agnew family lived and worked in Dunwich for many years and were active in the cultural life of the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum. The exhibition continues over the summer. Source: stradbrokemuseum.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Museum...

The Dunwich Benevolent Asylum was a Benevolent Asylum for the aged, infirm and destitute operated by the Queensland Government in Australia. It was located at Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island in Moreton Bay and operated from 1865 to 1946.[1] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich_Benevolent_Asylum

queenslandplaces.com.au/stradbroke-island Stradbroke Island Stradbroke Island, now North and South Stradbroke Islands, forms the outer south-eastern land enclosure of Moreton Bay. Its northern point is 30 km east of the mouth of the Brisbane River, and the bay's southern waters are about two km wide at the southern tip of the south island, opposite Labrador on the Gold Coast. The break in the island, known as Jumpinpin, was formed in 1894-96 during heavy storm activity. (Jumpinpin was an Aboriginal word meaning Pandanus.) Some credit the beginning of the break in the island to the detonation of the explosives aboard the barque Cambus Wallace that ran aground in 1894. The complete island was 60 km from north to south. North Stradbroke Island falls within the boundaries of the Redland Shire Council; South Stradbroke the Gold Coast City Council.

Fish for dinner but I wonder what the rifles were used for on Stradbroke Island?