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The Quarantine Station, North Head, also known as the Manley Quarantine Station was a [[quarantine]] station at Manly in [[Sydney]] Australia.  It was in operation from 1828 to 1984.
The Quarantine Station, North Head, also known as the Manly Quarantine Station, was a [[quarantine]] station at Manly in [[Sydney]], Australia.  It was in operation from 1828 to 1984. It is now part of the Sydney Harbour National Park under the management of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and is operated by the government as a [[tourist]] and historic site.
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It is now part of the Sydney Harbour National Park under the management of the National Parks and Wildlife Service and is operated by the government as a [[tourist]] and historic site.
==Aboriginal heritage==


There is no immediate evidence of very early Aboriginal presence in Sydney itself, but material found in rock shelters and a few open sites points to [[Australian Aborigines|Aborigines]] inhabiting the area for at last 20,000 years. North Head seems to have been part of Kuringgai territory, occupied by the Cameraigal (or Gayimai) clan.


References:
David Collins, Judge Advocate of the [[First Fleet]], wrote about the killing of a whale by Aborigines at "Manly Bay" in August 1790. During the subsequent feasting, in an incident considered an accident, [[Arthur Phillip|Governor Phillip]] was speared while attempting to try to coax his Aboriginal protégé [[Bennelong]] to return to Sydney.
*Quarantine Station : Sydney Harbour National Park Conservation Plan,
 
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 1997 printing
Although relations between the original inhabitants and the colonists were initially positive, they soon deteriorated. One cause was the spread of contagious diseases such as smallpox from the Europeans, which, as early as 1789 (only a year after the colony was founded), killed a vast number of Aborigines around the harbour, in the Sydney region, and probably beyond. It is speculated that had the later quarantine practices been in place 50 years earlier, this tragedy may have been avoided.
*Quarantine Station : Sydney Harbour National Park Open Day booklet 1999
 
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
Evidence of the historical Aboriginal presence at North Head suggests that the original inhabitants gathered seafood on the rocky shores and adjacent waters.
 
 
==References==
* NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change. 2008. ''North Head Quarantine Station''. Retrieved 21 August 2008 from http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nswcultureheritage/NorthHeadQuarantineStation.htm
* NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NSWNPWS). 1997. ''Quarantine Station: Sydney Harbour National Park Conservation Plan''.
* NSWNPWS. 1999. ''Quarantine Station: Sydney Harbour National Park Open Day''. Booklet.

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The Quarantine Station, North Head, also known as the Manly Quarantine Station, was a quarantine station at Manly in Sydney, Australia. It was in operation from 1828 to 1984. It is now part of the Sydney Harbour National Park under the management of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and is operated by the government as a tourist and historic site. Template:TOC-right

Aboriginal heritage

There is no immediate evidence of very early Aboriginal presence in Sydney itself, but material found in rock shelters and a few open sites points to Aborigines inhabiting the area for at last 20,000 years. North Head seems to have been part of Kuringgai territory, occupied by the Cameraigal (or Gayimai) clan.

David Collins, Judge Advocate of the First Fleet, wrote about the killing of a whale by Aborigines at "Manly Bay" in August 1790. During the subsequent feasting, in an incident considered an accident, Governor Phillip was speared while attempting to try to coax his Aboriginal protégé Bennelong to return to Sydney.

Although relations between the original inhabitants and the colonists were initially positive, they soon deteriorated. One cause was the spread of contagious diseases such as smallpox from the Europeans, which, as early as 1789 (only a year after the colony was founded), killed a vast number of Aborigines around the harbour, in the Sydney region, and probably beyond. It is speculated that had the later quarantine practices been in place 50 years earlier, this tragedy may have been avoided.

Evidence of the historical Aboriginal presence at North Head suggests that the original inhabitants gathered seafood on the rocky shores and adjacent waters.


References

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