| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
Grand Trunkway TORRENS ISLAND |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Land Not Within a Council Area (Metro) |
| Polygon Type |
P - parcel (from DCDB) |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Torrens Island Quarantine Station Complex [Includes Torrens Island Quarantine Station Collection - Objects of heritage significance] |
| Registered Name |
Torrens Island Quarantine Station Complex |
| Significance |
The Torrens Island Quarantine Station was established in 1855 as the first line of defence against the transmission of infectious diseases into the colony and is associated with human and animal quarantine practices in South Australia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Developed over the course of a century, the Torrens Island Quarantine Station Complex is the only example of its class to exist in South Australia and retains a faithful representation of structures dating from the 1870s until the 1970s. The Station Complex demonstrates the standardisation of quarantine legislation and innovations in medical sciences and disease control at the turn of the twentieth century. Many of the buildings, such as the bathing block and luggage disinfecting block, demonstrate the transition from miasma theory to germ theory of disease transmission. The Torrens Island Quarantine Station Complex provides a unique insight into the experience of thousands of migrants arriving by sea. It was also an essential facility as it supported the colony and later state's primary industries by facilitating the importation of disease-free livestock. |
| Subject Index |
Health - Quarantine Station; Transport (Water) - Jetty; Cemeteries and burial sites - Cemetery; Cemeteries and burial sites - Morgue/Mortuary |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
05-SEP-2024 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Unincorporated SA |
| State Heritage ID |
26583 |
| Heritage Number |
28216 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
d - it is an outstanding representative of a particular class of place of cultural significance
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 6211/942 D90964 A300,CT 6211/943 D90964 A301,CT 6212/771 D90964 Q306; 302 |