Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites
Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites is a heritage-listed former leper colony at Fantome Island, one of the Palm Island group in the Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1926 to 1945 by Queensland Government. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 8 June 2012.
| Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites | |
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Collapsed signal hut at Fantome Island, 2011 | |
| Location | Fantome Island, Palm Island, Aboriginal Shire of Palm Island, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 18.687°S 146.5159°E |
| Design period | 1919 - 1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | 1926-1945 |
Queensland Heritage Register | |
| Official name | Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites (former) |
| Type | state heritage (built, archaeological, landscape) |
| Designated | 8 June 2012 |
| Reference no. | 602798 |
| Significant period | Lock Hospital (1928-45); Lazaret (1939-73) |
| Significant components | artefact field, grave surrounds/railings, burial/grave, dam/reservoir, tank stand, pathway/walkway, slab/s - concrete, wall/s - stockade/pallisade, tank - water, building foundations/ruins, artefact field, track, grave marker, well, flagpole/flagstaff, grotto, building foundations/ruins, tank - water, pump, hut/shack, cemetery, pathway/walkway, slab/s - concrete, tank - storage |
| Builders | Queensland Government |
Location of Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites in Queensland Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites (Australia) | |
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