Stories from the Sandstone: Quarantine Inscriptions from Australia's Immigrant Past by Peter Hobbins, Ursula K. Frederick and Anne Clarke

Denis Byrne

doi:10.1002/arco.5135

Stories from the Sandstone: Quarantine Inscriptions from Australia's Immigrant Past by Peter Hobbins, Ursula K. Frederick and Anne Clarke

Denis Byrne

Western Sydney University

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Book Review: Stories from the Sandstone sets out to tell the history of the Sydney Quarantine Station in a set of narratives anchored to the numerous inscriptions engraved on sandstone cliffs and outcrops within the institution's boundaries by passengers on many of the approximately 600 ships detained there between 1833 and 1984, when it was closed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-200
Number of pages	2
Journal	Archaeology in Oceania
Volume	52
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/arco.5135
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

immigrants
archaeology
Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.)
Australia
book reviews

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Stories from the Sandstone: Quarantine Inscriptions from Australia's Immigrant Past by Peter Hobbins, Ursula K. Frederick and Anne Clarke

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