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The unveiling of a plaque commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Quarantine Station on Sunday 10 Nov, 2002. Dr Ross Bastiaan O.A.M. R.F.D. (on the left) & Greg Hunt, the Federal Member for Flinders giving a concluding address. |
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The plaque was cast in bronze by Dr Ross Bastiaan O.A.M. R.F.D. at the Arrow Foundry in Cheltenham. |
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Piper, Sergeant Stuart Robertson and memorial blocks |
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Overlooking the old Quarantine Station’s Cemetery with the Ticonderoga memorial block to the left and Heaton’s monument to the right. |
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The unveiling of the monument dedicated to deaths in Quarantine 1852 – 1854. The first burials in the cemetery were of the immigrants on the Ticonderoga. |
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A Celtic blessing - Deep peace of the running wave to you, Deep peace of the quiet earth, Deep peace of the flowing air to you, Deep peace of the silent starts, May peace, may peace, may peace fill your soul, Let peace, let peace, let peace make you whole |
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The inscription on one side of the memorial stone (Dromana Green Granite rock quarried from the North face of Arthur’s Seat in 1963) describes the voyage of the Ticonderoga in brief. |
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The inscriptions on the other side of the stone list the Ticonderoga deaths during the voyage and in quarantine as well as deaths in quarantine from other voyages during the period 1853-1854. |
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Bath Block & Disinfecting Complex |
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The Quarantine Station is adjacent to Mornington Peninsula National Park, Point Nepean Road, Portsea, Victoria. Melway ref: page 156 – C2. |
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