State Library of Queensland - Islands Exhibition

I visited the State Library of Queensland  Islands Exhibition today.

One of the exhibits was part of a handwritten register with one of the displayed pages titled "Coloured Patients". This contained statistical information for 1939 - 1969 under headings as follows :-

In Isolation at Fantome
Admitted into Isolation
Died in Isolation
Discharged During Year
Still Living after Discharge
Total Living in Isolation and after Discharge

On part of the page some names were listed as follows :-

Alice Cooktown
Arthur Miles
Joe Lee
Charlie Sugarbag
Mary Ann Brown
Gilbert Martin
Maggie Fourmile
Ethel Bowen
Lawrence and Bessie Bond
Alf Tyson
Joyce Daisy
Nancy Williams
Willie Courtney
Ellison Obah
Eva Jack..
Daphne Anderson

The reference in the exhibit brochure is as follows :

White Cases - Leprosy as at 31.12.1969
Dr Morgan Gabriel
John Oxley Library SLQ
Accession 29410 Dr Morgan
Gabriel Notebook 1951-1970