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Quarantine Point
June 30, 2007 In 1840 the barque, the ‘Glen Huntly’ glided into Port Phillip Bay. She was on her maiden voyage from Greenock in Scotland, carrying immigrants who would provide much needed labour for the new colony. Carpenters, housemaids, shoemakers, labourers and tailors were among the people with highly sought after skills.
But by the time the ship moored off Elwood’s shore, only 52 of the original 190 passengers had survived the journey. The others had died en route. Instead of being welcomed and cheered, the ship’s appearance was regarded by the fledgling colony with fear, for it was flying a yellow flag - a sign that there was ‘fever’ on board, very probably typhoid. Port Phillip’s superintendent Charles La Trobe, ordered that a quarantine camp be set up on Little Red Bluff, as Point Ormond was then known. Soldiers were appointed to ensure there was no escape. So these poor souls, through no fault of their own, became the inhabitants of Victoria’s first quarantine station.
~ quoted from this web page: The Voyage of The GlenHuntly describing some of the history behind this place.
But by the time the ship moored off Elwood’s shore, only 52 of the original 190 passengers had survived the journey. The others had died en route. Instead of being welcomed and cheered, the ship’s appearance was regarded by the fledgling colony with fear, for it was flying a yellow flag - a sign that there was ‘fever’ on board, very probably typhoid. Port Phillip’s superintendent Charles La Trobe, ordered that a quarantine camp be set up on Little Red Bluff, as Point Ormond was then known. Soldiers were appointed to ensure there was no escape. So these poor souls, through no fault of their own, became the inhabitants of Victoria’s first quarantine station.
~ quoted from this web page: The Voyage of The GlenHuntly describing some of the history behind this place.
A view of this place: from above
Tonight I screwed up the php well and truly by uploading an image of the same filename. It's taken me the good part of an hour to sort it all out and stop getting php error messages! This shot is actually meant to be a colour Diana shot of the same landmark, but due to powers beyond my control, this site insists on showing the B & W version taken with the Fujipet camera.
Hell, who am I to argue?
Camera: Fujipet, with Kodak 400 CN B & W film.
