PEA 2015
The road to Point Nepean quarantine station.
With the discovery of gold in 1851 the steady flow of immigrants sailing into the Port Phillip District became a flood. Within a year nearly 100,000 people had arrived in Melbourne by sea.
Due to the crowded conditions on board, ships were breeding grounds for disease. Cholera, smallpox, typhoid, influenza and measles occurred in epidemics in the 1800s and caused many deaths.
A number of ships suffered significant outbreaks of disease on the voyage to the colony. The Ticonderoga lost 100 passengers to scarlet fever and typhoid by the time it anchored off Portsea.
To control and prevent the spread of these diseases Point Nepean was opened in 1852 as a maritime quarantine reserve. Ships carrying passengers with infectious diseases were required to land all cases there along with those at risk of contracting the disease. Passengers' luggage was taken ashore to be fumigated with formaldehyde gas and passengers were required to take baths using antiseptic soap.
Entered in the Spotlight Your Best contest "roads".
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Entered in the Challenge 148.0 ~ Trees ~ The Award Tree ~ .............. November 2016.
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June-August 2017 Magic Troll Artistry Challenge ~ Streets, Roads & Highways ~
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The road to Point Nepean quarantine station.
With the discovery of gold in 1851 the steady flow of immigrants sailing into the Port Phillip District became a flood. Within a year nearly 100,000 people had arrived in Melbourne by sea.
Due to the crowded conditions on board, ships were breeding grounds for disease. Cholera, smallpox, typhoid, influenza and measles occurred in epidemics in the 1800s and caused many deaths.
A number of ships suffered significant outbreaks of disease on the voyage to the colony. The Ticonderoga lost 100 passengers to scarlet fever and typhoid by the time it anchored off Portsea.
To control and prevent the spread of these diseases Point Nepean was opened in 1852 as a maritime quarantine reserve. Ships carrying passengers with infectious diseases were required to land all cases there along with those at risk of contracting the disease. Passengers' luggage was taken ashore to be fumigated with formaldehyde gas and passengers were required to take baths using antiseptic soap.
Entered in the Spotlight Your Best contest "roads".
www.flickr.com/groups/2729648@N21/discuss/72157671417481506/
Entered in the Challenge 148.0 ~ Trees ~ The Award Tree ~ .............. November 2016.
www.flickr.com/groups/awardtree/discuss/72157674318779732/
June-August 2017 Magic Troll Artistry Challenge ~ Streets, Roads & Highways ~
www.flickr.com/groups/magiktroll_daarky_style/discuss/721...
FIRST PLACE WINNER