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The restored prisoners hut commemorates 60 years of the Palen Creek Correctional Centre.
HM State Farm, Palen Creek was proclaimed a prison farm on 15 November 1934. It was the first prison in the Commonwealth to have absolutely no security measures except for the honour of the prisoners who were selected to go there. Prisoners erected their own buildings and sold produce from gardens they maintained. In 1937, there was a daily average of 50 male prisoners at Palen Creek.
Location
| Address: | Mount Lindesay Highway, Information Centre, Rathdowney, 4287 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -28.211996 Long: 152.863243 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Structure |
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| Monument Theme: | Government |
| Sub-Theme: | State |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 15-November-1934 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-November-1994 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 26th November, 1994 |
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Plaque :
This original hut was restored by the
inmates of the Palen Creek Correctional
Centre and moved to its present site.
It was presented to Councillor Colin
McIntyre on behalf of the Rathdowney
Area Development and Historical
Association Inc. by Mr Keith Hamburger,
Director of Custodial Services Queensland,
on 26 November 1994, to celebrate 60
years of the prison farm
Plaque :
ORIGINAL PRISONERS HUT 1934.
RE-LOCATED TO THIS SITE IN 1994.
DONATED BY THE
PALEN CREEK CORRECTIONAL CENTRE
Rathdowney Area Development & Historical Assoc Inc
