Eagle Farm Women's Prison and Factory Site
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Footpath through the site, 2015
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| Location | 116 Lamington Avenue, Eagle Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°25′34″S 153°05′18″E / 27.4262°S 153.0882°ECoordinates: 27°25′34″S 153°05′18″E / 27.4262°S 153.0882°E |
| Design period | 1824 - 1841 (convict settlement) |
| Built | 1830 - 1839 |
| Official name: Eagle Farm Women's Prison and Factory Site, Eagle Farm Agricultural Establishment, Eagle Farm Women's Prison and Factory | |
| Type | state heritage (archaeological) |
| Designated | 7 February 2005 |
| Reference no. | 600186 |
| Significant period | 1830s (historical) |
| Significant components | prison/factory/gaol |
 Location of Eagle Farm Women's Prison and Factory in Queensland
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Eagle Farm Women's Prison and Factory Site (also known as Eagle Farm Agricultural Establishment) is a heritage-listed archaeological site at 116 Lamington Avenue, Eagle Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It operated between 1829 and 1839 on the site now part of the Australia TradeCoast, previously the Brisbane Airport. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 February 2005.
The site was listed on the Register of the National Estate and is also included on the Queensland Heritage Register. The site is historically important as one of a small number of convict sites remaining in Queensland with surviving original fabric (even though only as an archaeological deposit).
Female convicts sent to the Moreton Bay penal settlement (who, like the men, were double offenders) were originally housed in a women's gaol, or Female Factory, in Queen Street, Brisbane, on the site of the present General Post Office, Brisbane.
In September 1829 Commandant Patrick Logan of the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement founded a secondary agricultural establishment at Eagle Farm approximately eight miles from Brisbane. One hundred and fifty men were deployed to clear the scrub. By January 1832 about 680 acres (272.5 hectares) were under cultivation with mostly maize and some potatoes, some cattle and pigs were also being raised. Working so near the Eagle Farm swamp caused a noticeable increase in malaria amongst the convicts, but despite calls for its abandonment, the farm was maintained. By 1836, 768 acres (307.2 hectares) had been cleared, but no more than 46 acres (16.4 hectares) were under cultivation. However the historical report by Paul Ashron and Sue Rosen suggests the area under cultivation was closer to 700 acres. Prangley in "The Eagle Farm agricultural establishment" was unable to be definitive on this issue, saying the amount of actual area under cultivation "remains unclear".
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