Western Sentinel : a history of the Woodman Point Quarantine Station, Western Australia, 1852-1978
Darroch, Ian
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Almost from its inception, pioneers of the fledgling Swan River Colony were aware of the deadly threat posed to their enterprise by incursions of ship-borne disease. What followed was a long and often heated debate resulting in Woodman Point being selected as the location for the colony's primary quarantine facility. In the years which followed, overseas calamities such as war, pandemics and economic depression have often provided back-drops to the daily work undertaken by the dedicated staff at the small quarantine station surrounded by bush land a short distance from Fremantle, the port it served so well.
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Rockingham, W.A. : [Ian Darroch], 2018.
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323 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Chapter1: In the beginning -- Chapter 2: The early years - December 1886 to July 1891 -- Chapter 3: The scourge of smallpox - January 1892 to June 1893 -- Chapter 4: Maintaining the ramparts -- Chapter 5: Turn of the Century - May 1897 to October 1900 -- Chapter 6: Federation Year - January to December 1901 -- Chapter 7: The struggle continues - February 1902 to November 1903 -- Chapter 8: Lurking pestilence - July 1904 to November 1907 -- Chapter 9: Federal involvement - February 1908 to June 1910 -- Chapter 10: Henderson Naval Base - September 1910 to April 1923 -- Chapter 11: The calm before the storm - March 1911 to May 1914 -- Chapter 12: War and pestilence - June 1914 to January 1919.
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9780992293314
Dewey class:
994.1
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English
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BRN:
487751