The Dark Island: Leprosy in New Zealand and the Quail Island Colony

A DigitalNZ Story by Bridget Williams Books

All images appear in 'The Dark Island: Leprosy in New Zealand and the Quail Island Colony' by Benjamin Kingsbury (Bridget Williams Books, 2019)

Leprosy, quarantine, public health, Lyttelton, Quail Island, New Zealand, race discrimination, nursing, Makogai Island, Fiji

Image: RIVALRY IN THE FRUIT TRADE, , ' The Orange Boy: 'Ere y'are! 'ere y'aie! Eight for a shilling. ' If yer mys 'em off the bloomtn1 Chow yer gets 13 and a dose er leprosy thrown in. (New Zealand Free Lance, 01 August 1903)

RIVALRY IN THE FRUIT TRADE, , ' The Orange Boy: 'Ere y'are! 'ere y'aie! Eight for a shilling. ' If yer mys 'em off the bloomtn1 Chow yer gets 13 a...

National Library of New Zealand

Image: Dr James Malcolm Mason creating a photomicrograph image

Dr James Malcolm Mason creating a photomicrograph image

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Image: Maui Wiremu Pomare

Maui Wiremu Pomare

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Image: Peter Buck studying Paratene Ngata making an eel basket

Peter Buck studying Paratene Ngata making an eel basket

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Image: Edmund Wheeler & Son, fl 1872-1914 :Quarantine Station, Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour

Edmund Wheeler & Son, fl 1872-1914 :Quarantine Station, Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour

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Image: DR. VALINTINE AND DR. PURDY

DR. VALINTINE AND DR. PURDY

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Image: Blomfield, John Collis 1878-1942 :Kapiti as the proposed leper island - [Wellington] ; N.Z. free lance, 1907

Blomfield, John Collis 1878-1942 :Kapiti as the proposed leper island - [Wellington] ; N.Z. free lance, 1907

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Image: A General View Of The Leper Station On Quail Island, Showing The Proximity Of The Huts To The Quarantine Hospital And Caretaker's House

A General View Of The Leper Station On Quail Island, Showing The Proximity Of The Huts To The Quarantine Hospital And Caretaker's House

Auckland Libraries

Image: The Only Leper Station In New Zealand

The Only Leper Station In New Zealand

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Image: Group including Robert Falcon Scott, with Mongolian ponies, on Quail Island

Group including Robert Falcon Scott, with Mongolian ponies, on Quail Island

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Image: Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton

Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton

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Image: Bartlett & Andrew Ltd fl 1918-1922 : Sister Frances Price

Bartlett & Andrew Ltd fl 1918-1922 : Sister Frances Price

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Image: The steamship Hinemoa

The steamship Hinemoa

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Image: Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour

Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour

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Image: Combating The Dread Disease of Leprosy In New Zealand: Pictures from the Segregation Camp At Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour

Combating The Dread Disease of Leprosy In New Zealand: Pictures from the Segregation Camp At Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour

Auckland Libraries