Manly Quarantine Station

Wharf Area - Steam Cleaning

Aboriginal
Heritage

History
Immigration

Buildings
in 1999

Carvings
on site

Residents
in the past

Natural
Environment

Conservation
Plan

Hospital area

3rd Class area

2nd Class area

1st Class area

Staff buildings

Luggage Store

Fumigation rooms

Steam Cleaning

Shower Block

Power and Laundry

Passengers' luggage was stored in the buildings on the wharf and any luggage they wished to have with them during their stay in the Quarantine Station had to go through the steam cleaning process. This included photographs, papers and all clothing.

Clothing made from natural fibres often shrank during the steam cleaning process which was just one more hardship people faced when staying here.

Fumigation sheds are on the left.
Steam Cleaning shed behind them.

	The clothes and other belongings were stacked in a carriage that ran on the rails into this autoclave. The door was locked shut at each end and steam applied.
	The steamed belongings came out this door on the other side.

Click to see a building which are as follows:-

Luggage Store

Fumigation rooms

Steam Cleaning

Shower Block

Power and Laundry

This page was created 9th June, 1999, by Judith Bennett, Friends of Quarantine Station,
and was last modified 20th January, 2007.