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Smallpox epidemic 1881

Jenner

Pasteur

Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Quarantine Station North Head and the hulk Faraway 1881

Alleyne, Haynes G

Bernhardt, Sarah

McCredie, George

Norris, WP

Won Ping

Quarantine Station

Quarantine Station Berrys Bay

Quarantine Station, Manly c1870s

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Quarantine

Smallpox epidemic 1881

Starting with a small Chinese child in The Rocks, the smallpox epidemic of 1881-82 had large consequences for the Chinese community who were further reviled and restricted and for the dozens of Sydneysiders quarantined for months at North Head. Despite the relative mildness of the outbreak, fear was rife, and the epidemic led to an overhaul of the colony's health regulations.

Jenner

Launch used by the Quarantine Service to inspect or fumigate newly arrived ships.

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Pasteur

Launch used by the Quarantine Service to inspect or fumigate newly arrived ships.

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Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Management of the Quarantine Station North Head and the hulk Faraway 1881

Commission established in the wake of the outbreak of the smallpox epidemic in 1881 which highlighted the inadequate management and vaccination practices.

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Alleyne, Haynes G

Doctor who was chief health officer in the 1880s.

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Bernhardt, Sarah

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French actress who toured Australia in 1891. Her two dogs Star and Chouette were quarantined on Rodd Island in the harbour for the duration of her tour, cared for by the French micobiologist Adrien Loir.

McCredie, George

Architect and engineer with Scottish heritage who was given charge of the cleansing, lime washing and demolition in The Rocks area after the outbreak of plague in 1900. His photographic record of the housing and poverty of the area remains an extraordinary reminder of 1900s Sydney.

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Norris, WP

Director of Quarantine for the Commonwealth in 1912.

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Won Ping

Survivor of the 1881 smallpox epidemic, who was isolated for many weeks at the North Head quarantine station.

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Quarantine Station

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Former quarantine station at North Head which was the main arrival point for immigrants from 1832 to 1984, now home to a hotel, conference complex and restaurant.

Quarantine Station Berrys Bay

Quarantine station established in 1912.

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Quarantine Station, Manly c1870s

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a280009 / PXA 969, 36]

(Mitchell Library)