OK here...Teaching plans changed AGAIN...a pain...But I ask, why hasn't the fed govt considered Point Nepean as a federal quarantine station? It's been used before...Lots of space...Security can be housed there...separate from Melbourne...Used early history...Greg Hunt knows😠...
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 12, 2021
Fed govt should use Mornington Peninsula's Quarantine Station at Point Nepean - played a vital role in keeping early Victorians well away from those carrying disease, with a period of intense activity to shield the colony from the Spanish Flu in 1919. https://t.co/pUeUAk8PdF
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 12, 2021
Agree...There should be more than one option...Christmas Island in Australia's north + Point Nepean in the south...Why hasn't the fed govt considered these 2 viable options? There is already a quarantine station at Howard Springs in NT, but we need more... https://t.co/2vjTRwYpKe
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 12, 2021
19th C fears of smallpox+other diseases in rapidly developing colonies. Quarantine stations temporarily confined crew+passengers upon arrival in Australia.
— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 13, 2021
Islands were a preferable location.
12 quarantine stations established at Australia's major entry ports.
Good idea? pic.twitter.com/pgsHTzzVuS
