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Point Nepean Quarantine Station - Group Class

Former School of Army Health ,  Former Officer Cadet School

Point Nepean Road,, PORTSEA VIC 3944 - Property No B2401

The Quarantine Station at Portsea, which operated between 1852 and 1978, is of major national importance in the history of maritime quarantine and immigration. With large numbers of immigrants arriving after months at sea, quarantine was a most prominent institutional process in colonial Victoria and continued until well into the 20th century. Point Nepean at Portsea was the first permanant quarantine station in Victoria and one of the earliest and most substantial in ... more

B2401

State
71340

Point Nepean

PORTSEA VIC 3944 - Property No L10072

Fine seascapes of the Bass Strait coastline, across The Heads to Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff, and around the sweep of Port Phillip Bay. Important historical associations. The Nepean Peninsula is composed of dune limestone, the surface of which is covered with acolian calcareous sands. Original vegetation was She-oak woodland with a grassy floor and scattered shrubs. Close to the coastline Coastal Banksia grew in association with the She-oak. Grazing, timber felling ... more

L10072

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