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Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua is the largest island in Otago Harbour, close to the city of Dunedin, New Zealand.
The island covers an area of 15 hectares, and is mainly designated as a recreation reserve, owned by the Department of Conservation. The major buildings on the island are listed with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.[1]
The island served as the quarantine station for Otago from 1863 until 1924. When ships arrived in Otago harbour with infectious diseases, the passengers were sent to Quarantine Island until they were well or died. There is a small cemetery on the island.
Only one of the quarantine buildings from these years is still standing, and this has currently begun to be restored. It has a NZ Historic Places Trust Category 1 classification. After the quarantine station closed the island was leased. The present lessee is the interdenominational St Martin Island Community, founded in 1958 for work and worship on the island. Since then a great deal of reforestation and replanting has been done.
The unofficial name of 'St Martin Island' is in common use. In 1996 as part of the Ngai Tahu settlement the name of Kamau Taurua,[2] meaning 'a place to set nets' was restored as part of the official name.[3]
A smaller island, Goat Island/Rangiriri, lies close to Quarantine Island. Both islands lie across the harbour between the town of Port Chalmers and the marine laboratory on Portobello Peninsula, part of the Otago Peninsula.
Notes
- ^ "Quarantine Island/Kamau Taurua Historic Area". New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
- ^ "List of place names to be amended". New Zealand Government. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
- ^ "Place name detail: Quarantine Island (New Zealand)". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
References
- Peat, N & Patrick, B (2002) Wild Dunedin, University of Otago Press, Dunedin
- Russell and McGeorge, P (2004) New Zealand's Islands, Bateman. [1]
- Herd, J. & Griffiths, G.J. (1980). Discovering Dunedin. John McIndoe. ISBN 0-86868-030-3.
- Hancock, L (2008) Quarantine Island / Kamau Taurua (St Martin Island) A short history St Martin Island Community, Dunedin. ISBN 978-0-473-14209-4 [2]
External links
- Nearshore islands Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
45°49′42″S 170°37′59″E / 45.828216°S 170.633104°E
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