ST. HELENA ISLAND PENAL ESTABLLISHMENT 1867-1932

GENERAL HISTORY - SECTION 1
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Use the website www.hrpt.info to assist you in completing this workbook. 
 
       
1. Name the Aboriginal Tribe who visited the Island ?    
  What evidence of their occupation can still be found on the Island  today?.   2
2. What is a Midden?   1
3.

Which Marine Mammal was slaughtered on the Island  in great numbers for their Medicinal Oil during the 1850’s ?

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4.  How did St. Helena get it’s Name?.   1
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In 1866, St. Helena was used as the site for a Quarantine Station.   Who and why would they have been sent there?

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The Prisoners from the hulk ship “Proserpine” commenced work on building the new Prison.  Name the three main building products used in the Prison’s construction?

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Prison Warders and their Families lived along the highest part of the Island  in an area called Warders Row.   Why do you think that the Warder’s lived there?.

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8.    Can you identify the shape of a Warder’s Cottage?
Square  
Rectangle  
Triangle    
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9. What would the view be from their Cottage’s?   2
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What would be the advantages or disadvantages of being a Schoolteacher on the Island for the Warder’s Children?
ADVANTAGE   DISADVANTAGE
   
   
   
   
   
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11.

Name ( 3) Games or Activities used by the Warder’s Children to entertain themselves?

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12.

If you were a Prison Warder, what would you like about living on the Island?

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13. List what you would not like about living on the Island?   2
   

TOTAL

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LEARNING WORDS   DEFINITIONS
Self Sufficient  x
Maize  x
Indulgences   x
Solitary     x
Confinement     x
Operated x
Ration x
Occupied x
Quarantine x
Commenced x
Occupation x
Manufacturing x
Communication x
Particularly x
Peak x
Warders x
Medicinal x
Mysteries x
Pagan x
Nationality x
Decipher x
Remission x
Successfully x
Cartoonist x
Prisoner x
Contagious x
Cottage Industry x
Arson x
Forgery & Uttering x
Vagrancy x
Perjury x
Antibiotics x
Approximately x
Administration x
Imagination x
 

CLASSROOM OR HOMEWORK FUN ACTIVITY
Make Your Own Family Tree
Items required:  Green paper, Pen/Pencil, a Hole punch, a Cup, a Twig with many branches, Play Dough or Clay, Scissors, String, Safety Pin.
Directions:  Place a lump of Clay into your Cup.  Insert the Twig so it sits securely inside.  Cut out leaves from the green paper.  Each leaf represents a person in your family.  Cut enough leaves for each Sibling, Parent, Grandparent.

Write the names of each person on the leaves (Don’t forget to include your own name).  Punch a hole at the end of each leaf.  Tie the leaves onto the Tree. Place yourself at the top, your Parent’s in the middle and Grandparents at the bottom.
Make a Prisoners Nametag. Using your powers of imagination, design a Nametag for yourself as a Prisoner.  Use Cardboard with a Hole punch to attach a Safety Pin.  What details would you record on the card?
A Name / (alias) ?  
B Prison Number?  
C Crime committed?  
D Release date?  
E Anything else??  
 

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ST HELENA BLACKSMITHS SHOP MANGROVES DUGONG      LIME KILN
 WARDERS ROW PROSERPINE   CEMETERY MORETON BAY PRISONER
TURTLE  QUARRY BEACHROCK    DOLPHINS  PENAL
OLIVE OIL  ABORIGINAL   RATIONS SISAL HEMP  SEA GRASS  
 
 
 
 
 
 

CAUSE OF DEATH CHART
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Heart Disease

10 Dead

 20‰ Suicide 4 Dead 8‰

Diarrhoea/Gastric

 7 Dead 14‰ Typhoid Fever 3 Dead 6‰

Other Causes

 7 Dead 14‰ Kidney Disease 3 Dead 6‰
Pneumonia 6 Dead 20‰ Typhus Fever 1 Dead 2‰

Tuberculosis

 5 Dead 10‰ Unknown 4 Dead 8‰