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Shooting, sailing and friendly competition – the St Helena Cup 2026

A tiny statue stared out over a room full of people celebrating their shared love of yachting. Yet this statue had never engaged in any type of boating. Instead, he had a rifle slung over his shoulders and he was kneeling, ready to shoot. Dressed in a Warders’ uniform, this was the statue that adorned the top of a silver trophy issued in 1890 for … Continue reading Shooting, sailing and friendly competition – the St Helena Cup 2026

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Colonial History, St Helena Warders

One day in September on St Helena Island -Warders

It’s a numbers game. My last post focussing on the importance of the 14th September 1921 showed how 30 prisoners were transferred on that one day to Brisbane Prison. Our new research shows that the same fate befell the warders, with 12 warders also leaving on the same day. In fact, by the 14th September 1921, St Helena Penal Establishment staff had been reduced from … Continue reading One day in September on St Helena Island -Warders

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Built environment, St Helena Warders

A Swiss storekeeper for St Helena Island

St Helena Island was John Aebli’s first and last appointment to a Penal Establishment. He began a new career as a warder at St Helena in 1900 and finished his penal career 20 years later in the same place it began. John, it seems, was a late starter in many areas, being 37 years old when he married his wife Anna, 38 on appointment in … Continue reading A Swiss storekeeper for St Helena Island

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Colonial History, St Helena Warders

All in the family – siblings on St Helena

100 years ago, Frederick McMunn became the 13th St Helena Penal Establishment prison warder to die whilst employed on the island. Though he lived on St Helena Island at the time of his death on the 21st October 1920, he died in hospital in Brisbane. (1) Frederick was a prisoner warder, a miner, a bachelor and a unionist. He was also brother and brother-in-law to … Continue reading All in the family – siblings on St Helena

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