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Quarantine Station

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Discover the historical precinct which has almost 50 heritage listed buildings. The Quarantine Station was established in 1852 and from 1952 the buildings also housed the Army Officer Cadet School. Walkers and cyclists can take Coles Track which links the Quarantine Station to the Gunners Cottage and Fort Nepean. A selfguided walk is available.

 

Quarantine Station audio tour

Download the 13 chapters about the Quarantine Station and wander around the site at your leisure. Listen to how the diseased ship the Ticonderoga first anchored, the world wide Spanish Flu pandemic was the busiest time at the Quarantine Station and how the different class systems were treated. There are also stories about the Army's Officer Cadet School's occupation at the site. There is 30 minutes of listening time.

Track 1 - Welcome to Country

Track 2 - Point Nepean National Park

Track 3 - Lime mortar and the Sullivan family

Track 4 - The Ticonderoga's legacy of horror

Track 5 - The perfect location for enforced isolation

Track 6 - The yellow flag

Track 7 - Mixed blessing

Track 8 - First class hill top; third class beach side

Track 9 - Taking quarantine seriously

Track 10 - From Wold War I to Spanish flu

Track 11 - Just my rotten luck

Track 12 - Isolated and shunned

Track 13 - The officer cadet school

Track 14 - A day in the life of an Army cadet

Track 15 - Search pockets for grenades

Track 16 - Safe haven for Kosovars

Track 33 - End

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