Thursday, June 17, 2010

Peat Island

Hawksbury Cabin 2






Where   : Peat Island

When    : 10-36am Monday 7th June 2010

Weapon : FujiFilm FinePix S3 Pro
Window : AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II




Peat Island is a small island in the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, named after George Peat, a local ship builder who established a ferry across the Hawkesbury River in the 1840s.


In 1911, a psychiatric hospital was established on the island.

During the 1920s prisoners from the hulk HMAS Parramatta were used in construction work on the island.

More recently it has been a home for aged people and those with intellectual disability.



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