QuarantineIslandinWW1About900soldiers,doctorsandcivilians,spentsometimeontheislandduringWW1,asstaff,oraspatientswithVDorsmallpoxinthemilitaryhospital.Buildingswereaddedtotheoldquarantine

station(built1861-1873)andtheoldbuildingsrenovated.Aguidedwalkofwhatwasherein1916:startfromtheendofthe

jetty.Thereisamapontheback.

In1916,theships/hulkswerenotontheislandyet.TheOretiwasbuiltin1900andcarriednativetimbersfromSouthlandtoDunedin.ThesteelWaikana(1909)wastakingregularpassengerservicesalongthebaysfromDunedintoPortobello.In1916perhapseithershipcouldhavebeenseeninthedistance.

QuarantineStationbuildingsca1900.Themainbuildingsaretotheleft,firsthospitalcentre,andsecondhospitalright.Thecemeteryisatthelowerright(DDeMaus)

Headupthepathtotheheadland.Thesmallstumpoftheoldsignallingflagpolecanbeseentotherightofthe'gatetonowhere'inthehedge.TheNZMarineStudiesCentrecottage,onthisside,andthefishhatcherywouldhavebeenthere(belowthe1980’sMarineStudiesbuilding).Thekeeper,WillDougall,hiswifeHesteranddaughtersBell(16)andMadge(12)livedinthefour-roomkeeper'scottage.Thecottageis

stilltherewithinthe1920’sextensions.Willhadtakenoverfromhismotherandhisfatherhadbeenkeepersince1863.TheKeeper'sgroundswereoutofboundstothesoldiersinquarantine;likewiseonlyWillcouldvisitthesoldiers.Headupontothelawnpastthebigmacrocarpatreestoundertheclothesline.Locatedwhereyoustandwasthefirstofthestaffbuildings,builtaspartofthefirstquarantinestationinaclearingonthebushcladIslandin1861.Bunkswouldhavebeeninstalledinthelowerfloor,andinthelofttoaccommodatestaff.Thiswastheaccommodationforupto9medicalstaffand25guards,assignedtotheIsland.TheirrolewastotreatandcurethesoldierswithVD,andtomaintainmilitarystandards.Onlyanindentationremains.

WillandHesterDougallinlateryears(ca1926)(BellLove)

Thecottageinfrontofyouwasextendedin1989-90fromtherecreationhutbuiltin1915.Walktotheconcretetankbelowthecottageandlookbackup.Theshapeoftheoriginalbuildingcanstillbeseen.Theconcreteplatform(nowwithtunnelhouse)istheremainsoftheWW1latrines-urinalsandtoilets.Thewoolshedbeyondwastheablutionsblock.Headuptothesiteofthemainquarantinestationbuildings.Onepartremains,theformerMarriedQuarters.Thefour-bunkcubicles,builtforfamiliesinquarantine,onbothfloorswereretainedfortheillsoldiersinWW1.Therewassomeextensionofthestore-roomsbehindtheMarriedQuarters,butitwaskeptmuchthesame.Aboutsixtymenwerehereatanyonetime.However,whenthetroopshipWillochrareturnedinMay1916withtwocasesofsmallpox,all231menhadtogointoquarantine.

Staffrecreationhutandablutions,1861Buildingbehindtree(JEMcEwan,ca1950)

ThetroopshipWillochraindazzlecamouflage1918(TePapa).

Thekeeper'sdaughtersweresenttoboardintownwhiletheWillochrasoldierswereherein1916,andtheexistingsoldierswithVDhastilysenttotheoldprisonandbarracksatTaiaroahead.OneWillochramandiedofsmallpoxandwasburiedatthecemeteryin1916thelastburialontheisland.In1947hisbodywasmovedtotheAndersonsBayCemetery.TheupperflooroftheMarriedQuarterswasnotremoveduntil10yearslater(ca1926)whendances,withapianoorgramophone,wereheldthere.

SoldiersfromtheWillochra(OtagoWitness,7/6/1916)

Takethepathuptothemainhospitalsite.Thiswasprobablyusedtotreatthesoldiers,buttheablutionblock(nowwoolshed)mightalsohavebeenused.ThereweretreatmentsforVD,althoughthe'magicbullet'(Salvarsan)drugtreatmentforsyphilis,hadonlybeendiscoveredbyEhrlichin1906.Aftersixweeksormoreoftreatment,thesoldierswouldbereleasedforactiveduty.Noothersoldiersdiedhereuntiltheendofthewarwhentheworldwideinfluenzaepidemicsweptthroughthestation;moststaffandpatientsfellill.Threesoldiersdiedofflu,butwereburiedonthemainland.

SoldierspaintingtheSingleWomen'sQuarters.Lacecurtainshadbeenwhitewashedonthewindowsbythegirlsbeforethewar,whentheyhadtherunoftheIsland.(PortChalmersMaritimeMuseum).

Goovertheparadegroundtothe'SoldiersMemorial'whereasinglepoststands.Thememorialwaserectedin2015bytheQI/KTCommunitytorememberthefiveNewZealandsoldiersinFranceandBelgiumwhowerecourt-martialledandexecutedinWW1,almostallfordesertioninvariousforms.Somewerefrequentlyintrouble;someweresufferingfrom'shellshock'(combatfatigue);somewerenotfullyrecoveredfromGallipoliorinjuries;andsomewerevictimsofindifferenceordislikebytheirsuperiorofficers.Fewwerefairlyrepresentedattheircourtsmartial.Thememorialissetneartheedgeoftheroughly-levelled'paradeground',stilldiscernible,madebythesoldiersquarantined1915-19.Aswellasthepostrepresentingthosetowhichthecondemnedmenwerebound,eightpavingslabsrepresentthecommandingofficersandmenineachfiringsquad.Fourofthesquadswereforcedtoshoottheirownmenandwerethusalsovictims.WhilethesesoldierswerepardonedbytheNZgovernmentin2000,thisisthefirstmonumenttothesemeninNZ.

Soldiersmemorialbeforeunveiling(ATerry,2015)

ThispamphletwaswrittenbyCBrown,BMaultbyandLHancock2016fortheQuarantineIsland/KamauTauruaCommunity.TheQuarantineIsland/KamauTauruaCommunityisadiversegroupofpeoplewholovetheIsland.MostofusliveinaroundDunedinandcometogethertoworkandenjoytheIslandonOpenWeekends,usuallythelastweekendofthemonth.

Memberscareabouttheenvironmental,spiritualandsocialissuesfortheIsland,havingadeepcommitmenttocareandsustainablemanagementfortheIsland.TheCommunityiswelcomingtoallwhoshareapassionfortheIslandandencouragesthewidercommunitytogetinvolved.

KeyobjectivesoftheCommunity:-Conservingandenhancingtheindigenousforestandwildlife,andusingtheIsland’sresourceswisely.

-HonouringthehistoryoftheIsland,bothMaoriandEuropean.-Welcomingovernight/daygroupsandindividualstoexperiencethisplace,itsmagicandsenseofsanctuary.

-Offeringmonthlyopenweekends.

Keeper

OldQS

AblutionsFirstHospital

Recreation

Latrine

MemorialandParadeground

SecondHospital(