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A general view of the quarantine station on Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour
A general view of the quarantine station on Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour
[1911]
The whole of Quail Island was proclaimed a quarantine station on 11 Feb. 1875. The building on the right of the photograph is the caretaker's residence and the two-storeyed structure is the quarantine hospital. On the left, among the trees, are three huts that were occupied by leper patients. The inset shows a Maori patient and his companion, a cockatoo. The lepers' food was placed on the table shown in the inset, and afterwards distributed by the least affected of the three patients
File Reference: CCL PhotoCD 2, IMG0090
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