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"Emigrant"Print Page 
A plaque on tombstone of Dr. George Mitchell commemorates those who died during the voyage of the "Emigrant" in 1850 and those who died in quarantine.
In 1850, the ship "Emigrant" left Plymouth for Moreton Bay with 276 passengers on board. Four weeks into the voyage, typhus broke out on the ship and there were eighteen deaths during the voyage. When the ship reached Moreton Bay, the passengers were quarantined at the Dunwich Quarantine station where a further twenty-six people died and were buried in the local cemetery.
Location
| Address: | Yabby Street, Cemetery, - HIS. H. 14, Dunwich, 4183 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -27.493653 Long: 153.404867 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Pandemic |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 10th August, 2003 |
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Sacred to the memory of George Mitchell
Late Surgeon Superintendent of the ship Emigrant
Who well and fearlessly combated for many weeks a deadly malady to which he fell a victim
15th September 1850.
Aged 25 years
