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The '''Channel Island Leprosarium''' was a quarantine station that operated as a colony for people suffering from [[leprosy]] in the [[Northern Territory |
The '''Channel Island Leprosarium''' was a quarantine station that operated as a colony for people suffering from [[leprosy]] in the [[Northern Territory]] from 1931 to 1955. [[Channel Island, Northern Territory|Channel Island]] is located just south of Darwin. |
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== History == |
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The bodies of at least 60 patients are buried on site. |
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The Channel Island Leprosarium was opened in 1931 replacing the Mud Island Lazaret. Sisters from the [[Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart]] took over the health service in 1947. An increase in leprosy cases in the 1950s led to overcrowding and the facility was closed in 1955. It was replaced by The East Arm Leprosarium on the mainland. |
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Patients were often treated poorly, and they were cut off from their families.<ref name="Carr 2022">{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Cameron |date=10 July 2022 |title=Archaeologists investigate medical incarceration of Indigenous Australians in leprosariums |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-11/leprosariums-medically-incarcerated-indigenous-australians/101213394 |access-date=12 July 2022 |website=ABC News |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Robson |first=Charmaine |title=Missionary Women, Leprosy and Indigenous Australians, 1936–1986 |date=2022 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=9783031057953 |location=Cham |pages=43-68 |chapter=The Making of Interwar Leprosy Policy for Indigenous Australians |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-05796-0_3 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-05796-0_3}} |access-date=26 Dec 2023</ref> |
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The buildings have fallen into disrepair, and there are some foundations, collapsed huts and wall structures that remain. |
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| ⚫ | The bodies of at least 60 patients are buried on site.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Candice |date=2022-12-07 |title=Channel Island Leprosarium: a dark chapter in Australia's history |url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2022/12/channel-island-leprosarium-a-dark-chapter-in-australias-history/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |website=Australian Geographic |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 03:25, 15 March 2024
The Channel Island Leprosarium was a quarantine station that operated as a colony for people suffering from leprosy in the Northern Territory from 1931 to 1955. Channel Island is located just south of Darwin.
History
The Channel Island Leprosarium was opened in 1931 replacing the Mud Island Lazaret. Sisters from the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart took over the health service in 1947. An increase in leprosy cases in the 1950s led to overcrowding and the facility was closed in 1955. It was replaced by The East Arm Leprosarium on the mainland.
Patients were often treated poorly, and they were cut off from their families.[1][2]
The buildings have fallen into disrepair, and there are some foundations, collapsed huts and wall structures that remain.
The bodies of at least 60 patients are buried on site.[3]
References
- ^ Carr, Cameron (10 July 2022). "Archaeologists investigate medical incarceration of Indigenous Australians in leprosariums". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Robson, Charmaine (2022). "The Making of Interwar Leprosy Policy for Indigenous Australians". Missionary Women, Leprosy and Indigenous Australians, 1936–1986. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 43–68. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-05796-0_3. ISBN 9783031057953. |access-date=26 Dec 2023
- ^ Marshall, Candice (2022-12-07). "Channel Island Leprosarium: a dark chapter in Australia's history". Australian Geographic. Retrieved 2024-03-15.