Saint Martin Island/Quarantine Island
- Saint Martin Island/Quarantine Island
Saint Martin Island (also known as Quarantine Island) is located in Otago Harbour, close to the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Originally known as "Kamau taurua", it has since gone by a variety of names, including "Halfway Island" and the two names by which it is known today. Some maps call it "St Martin's Island", but the current occupiers and the New Zealand Geographic Board discourage the use of apostrophes in that way. The island covers an area of 14.3 hectares, and is mainly designated as a recreation reserve. The major buildings on the island are listed with the NZ Historic Places Trust [http://www.historic.org.nz/Register/ListingDetail.asp?RID=7503&sm=] .
The island served as the quarantine station for Otago in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries. Since1958 the island has been leased by an interdenominational religious community, the Saint Martin Island Community, which adopted the most recent name.
A smaller island, Goat Island, lies close to Saint Martin Island. Both islands lie across the harbour between the town of Port Chalmers and the marine laboratory on Portobello Peninsula, an arm of the Otago Peninsula.
Cultural references
* Quarantine Island is alluded to in Katherine Mansfield's 1918 short story, "Prelude" (at the beginning of chapter III).
References
* Herd, J. & Griffiths, G.J. (1980). "Discovering Dunedin". Dunedin: John McIndoe. ISBN 0-86868-030-3.
* Hancock, L (2008) "Quarantine Island / Kamau Taurua (St Martin Island) A short history.
External Links
NZ nearshore islands, Quarantine centres and prisons, Quarantine island [http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/Landscapes/NearshoreIslands/4/en]
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