Stage Number: MBNH.12.04.06
Group: Eastern & Bay
Local Study Area: Brighton-Sandgate-Shorncliffe-Deagon
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Street Address: Sacred Heart Catholic Church site, vicinity of Burnett Place and Brighton Road, Sandgate
Latitude & Longitude: -27.31761111,153.06730556
Time Link: 1823
Map Link: 1866
Image Time Point: 1866
Site of the Native Police barracks that patrolled all southern Queensland 1859-1865 under the notorious Ltnt Fred Wheeler. This was the para-military force with the assigned duty of pacifying Aboriginal resistance. Aboriginal troopers were stationed here prior to service in Depots around central and southern Queensland. The barracks operated the region’s only post office. Detachment patrols were regularly sent from here to Maryborough, Cleveland, Tweed Valley, the Great Dividing Ranges etc. The Barracks was especially involved in the ‘pacifying’ of the surrounding district (Sandgate, Bald Hils, Pine Rivers).
Ray Kerkhove, 2015, Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane (Salisbury: Boolarong), 43=4.
QSA. QSA Series 1748 Moreton District, County of Stanley Maps – A1 Series. 4 chains to the inch. Plan of the Marine township of Brighton on the shores of Moreton Bay adjoining Sandgate, Parish of Nundah, County of Stanley with local plan at ca mile to one inch. ca 4 chains to the inch. Millington & Co., Licensed Surveyors, Brisbane. 620404
