https://www.bica.org.au/events daily 0.75 2020-11-18 https://www.bica.org.au/events/free-compost-workshop-4tra2 monthly 0.5 2019-09-19 https://www.bica.org.au/events/annual-plant-sale-8zbkd monthly 0.5 2019-09-19 https://www.bica.org.au/events/roseti-community-meeting-7jn98 monthly 0.5 2019-09-19 https://www.bica.org.au/blog daily 0.75 2020-11-18 https://www.bica.org.au/blog/spring-favorites-kale-p8kcm monthly 0.5 2019-07-09 https://www.bica.org.au/blog/new-additions-to-the-farm-jssnz monthly 0.5 2019-07-09 https://www.bica.org.au/blog/tomatoes-are-now-in-season-jsf9d monthly 0.5 2019-07-09 https://www.bica.org.au/home daily 1.0 2020-11-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fb37723e54df854583a08f4/1605596991026/BICA+Logo+Large+25.10.17.jpg Home The Bruny Island Community Association (BICA) aims to maintain and develop the quality of life on Bruny Island preserve the important elements of the special character of Bruny Island ensure that any development of, or alteration to the attributes and qualities of the Island contribute in a positive way to the enhancement of it’s character. Connect with us.... ⟶ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fb3761961a9471eea0a696f/5fb4736c8069c1060317d0c2/1605661564430/TammyPic2.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fb3761961a9471eea0a696f/5fb4735ceace672263bc9dce/1605661538292/TammyPic1.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fb3761961a9471eea0a696f/5fb473d2fa5d2865f2adb98b/1605661668238/TammyPic3.jpg Home https://www.bica.org.au/connect daily 0.75 2020-11-20 https://www.bica.org.au/brunyquarantinestation daily 0.75 2020-11-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbb03883a91a317f39608cd/1606096448504/QS_1.jpg Bruny Island Quarantine Station The Quarantine Station site at Barnes Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania, incorporates many different aspects of human occupancy, from the early Aboriginal occupation by the Nuenonne, a band of the South East tribe, to the present day with the Proclamation of the area as a State Reserve in 2003. The site is currently the responsibility of the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service - managed through the Southern Region. It’s history includes free settlement in 1856 by the Cox, Johnston(e), Beemer and Martin families; the establishment of a State maritime quarantine station in 1884 as a defence against infectious diseases in appropriate buildings erected to accommodate boat passengers; its acquisition by the Commonwealth Government in the early days of Federation; internment of German nationals in 1914 at the beginning of Word War I; quarantine of soldiers returning from the war, during the Influenza Pandemic 1919; Plant Quarantine usage and techniques from 1955 - 1986; It depicts the history and changes in State and Federal responsibilities, and the change in public health regulations, management and techniques. It includes the sequence of settlement and usage of the area, the buildings that were erected, and those that have survived. Frequent inspections have been documented from State and Commonwealth bureaucratic experts who wrote extensive reports and recommendations and drew up numerous alternative plans, many of which appear to have been ignored and not implemented. How effective the Quarantine Station has been over its various phases of usage, we leave visitors to the site to judge. The need for such a facility for use in the event of an emergency is not questioned, but its state of readiness often left much to be desired. The site is significant as a rare Tasmanian example of a late 19th century quarantine station for people demonstrating their institutional attitudes towards social class and health. Despite some building losses which have eroded the site’s importance, the place still has a high cultural significance at the State level.. https://www.bica.org.au/committee daily 0.75 2020-11-18 https://www.bica.org.au/biqshistory daily 0.75 2021-02-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbef60ba97599144ee3e869/1606350404149/Apple+Paddock+resized.jpg Bruny Island Quarantine Station History https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbef56e3485235c86b24462/1606350404141/Shellwood+Cottage+resized.jpg Bruny Island Quarantine Station History https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbb07352b4bfe31fd7c938d/1606350404146/Hospital+Ward.jpg Bruny Island Quarantine Station History https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/602c70a77b837a2d3a9faed1/1613525169262/Chimneybig.jpg Bruny Island Quarantine Station History https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbef729e18c5c478ee83e21/1606358354385/FOBIQSlogo+resized.jpg Bruny Island Quarantine Station History https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbef9fefa04221c710d36ef/1606357018783/kathy-duncombe.jpg Bruny Island Quarantine Station History https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbb0edc8aa7f2271da9a6d3/1606094826963/Caretaker+Cottage.jpg Bruny Island Quarantine Station History https://www.bica.org.au/anthony-cox-family daily 0.75 2020-11-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbb13053a91a317f398623b/1606095630583/Shellwood+Cottage.jpg Anthony Cox Family - Anthony Cox Family Anthony Cox, a labourer and carter, transported for 'housebreaking', arrived in the Colony in 1833 as a convict per Atlas. His Conditional Pardon was granted in May 1849. He married convict Jane Daly 15 October 1849. Jane and her mother Bridget were tried in Ireland for 'receiving stolen goods' and came out to the colony, together with Bridget's son Michael aged 9, per Arabian in 1847. Her brothers Patrick and Edward Daley followed as convicts per Blenheim 2 and Pestongee Bomangee 3 respectively in 1849. Jane received her Certificate of Freedom April 9th 1853. Cox received a Purchase Grant of 19 acres at this site 20 October 1856 for £39/6/-. They had eleven children, not all of whom survived to adulthood. In 1872 Cox was taken to town with several broken ribs following the capsize of a dray. Jane's application for compassionate allowance gives an insight into their hardships: "The living of this family is obtained by cutting fire wood and selling it. 2 elder daughters assist their father who owns 20 acres of very poor land. He has two ponies of small value with which he carts the firewood to the water-side and he has two very inferior cows from which the family gets a little milk for use. There appears to be no means of their earning anything in any other way on Bruni " [ref: POL 395/1 - Kingborough Magistrates Letterbooks - Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office] In 1884 the State government purchased the land for the construction of a quarantine station. Anthony died in 1892 and Jane in 1902. They are buried in the nearby Shelter Cove Cemetery with many of their descendants. < Go back https://www.bica.org.au/influenza-pandemic daily 0.75 2020-11-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb143d773f2a6929b4c39d/5fbb14d1b41d97178894abfb/1606096084269/Hospital+Ward.jpg Influenza Pandemic https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb143d773f2a6929b4c39d/5fbb14dca4ebbd103bc93e91/1606096096273/Buildings1.jpg Influenza Pandemic https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb143d773f2a6929b4c39d/5fbb14e90f82787f6658e973/1606096108580/Buildings2.jpg Influenza Pandemic https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb143d773f2a6929b4c39d/5fbb14fa3a91a317f398adf6/1606096125547/DSCF3076.jpg Influenza Pandemic https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb143d773f2a6929b4c39d/5fbb1508b41d97178894ba13/1606096138562/Johanson+%5B270KB%5D.jpg Influenza Pandemic https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb143d773f2a6929b4c39d/5fbb15120f82787f6658edb4/1606096148381/Loaney+%5B262KB%5D.jpg Influenza Pandemic https://www.bica.org.au/plant-quarantine daily 0.75 2020-11-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb15515779397619e6c87c/5fbb15a432611c2ac1c79f01/1606096295735/Northern+GH.jpg Plant Quarantine https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb15515779397619e6c87c/5fbb15ae5ec8a105978d5a8c/1606096305133/North+GH+Isolation.jpg Plant Quarantine https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb15515779397619e6c87c/5fbb15b632611c2ac1c7a1e7/1606096315333/Southern+GH.jpg Plant Quarantine https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/5fbb15515779397619e6c87c/5fbb15be58f7584e7159402c/1606096320729/Apple+Paddock.jpg Plant Quarantine https://www.bica.org.au/inwarandpeace daily 0.75 2020-11-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbf0e0e3c6ccf69f34e46f0/1606356826346/original_bruny_island_quarantine_station.jpg In War and Peace - Bruny Island’s Quarantine Station In War and Peace by local Bruny Island author Kathy Duncombe. This book documents the history of the Quarantine Station site at Barnes Bay. Beginning with the early Aboriginal occupation; European settlement in 1856; establishment of a State maritime quarantine station in 1884; acquisition by the Commonwealth Government in the early days of Federation; internment of German nationals in 1914; quarantine of soldiers during the Influenza Pandemic 1919; and Plant Quarantine from 1955 to 1986; and ends with the Proclamation of the area as a State Reserve in 2003. Approximately 140 A4 pages, it is comprehensively indexed, contains data on a number of Bruny families, plus over 100 photos, maps and plans, never published before. $30.00 each (plus p & h) $5.00 from each book sold will be donated to the Friends of Bruny Is. Quarantine Station. Call Kathy Duncombe (03 6260 6287) email her by clicking on the button below. < Go back https://www.bica.org.au/fobiqs daily 0.75 2020-11-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fbf13959d793648407e56f4/1606357931867/FOBIQS_1.jpg Friends of Bruny Island Quarantine Station - Friends of Bruny Island Quarantine Station Friends of Bruny Island Quarantine Station (FOBIQS) was formed in 2011 to “support the management, conservation and public appreciation of the Bruny Island Quarantine Station.” A meeting of about 20 interested people, including Bruny Islanders, non-residents, and staff of Tasmania Parks & Wildlife (PWS) and Wildcare, was held on site at the Quarantine Station. FOBIQS is a Wildcare Inc. Group that works cooperatively with PWS to manage and care for the Quarantine Station State Reserve. Since our formation we have had several Open Days during which tours of the site have given visitors an insight to the various eras of the station's history over 150 years. During 2013 we saw two of our visions for the future of the quarantine station come to fruition, and others progressing steadily. Firstly, we completed the self guided Heritage Interpretive Walk officially opened in December 2013 by Dr. Dianne Snowden, Chair of the Tasmanian Heritage Council. 16 signs have been installed which form an informative walk around the site, along with several directional signs to guide and complete the circuit. The interpretive Heritage Walk was made possible by a Commonwealth Community Heritage Grant (Tell a Story) and works by Parks and Wildlife staff and the Friends of the Quarantine station. Secondly, PWS and FOBIQS established a 'volunteer caretaker" program over the summer period starting early December 2013 and this has proved most successful. We initially trialled 'Open Sundays' but response was good and after many requests from people that could not make the Sunday we had discussion with Parks stafff and were able to open Saturday and Sunday. This has now progressed to having volunteer caretakers all year round. This form of management is operating successfully on a number of other sites including Cape Bruny Island Lighthouse. The caretakers undertake tasks that are assigned by PWS in accordance with approved management plans. Enquiries to FBIQS@wildcare.org.au < Go back https://www.bica.org.au/community-groups daily 0.75 2020-11-30 https://www.bica.org.au/historicalsociety daily 0.75 2021-02-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/5fc44ffdeaf37e3b6425f019/1606701291503/Map.jpg Bruny Island Historical Society - Bruny Island Historical Society The Bruny Island Historical Society is a group of dedicated volunteers who share an interest in the history of the island. Some conduct research and write books about historical topics. Others maintain the historical database and catalogue the collection of items and data gathered or donated over the years since the History Society’s formation in 1987. The volunteers organised visits to historic sites on the island, as well as undertaking restoration and maintenance tasks at sites like Variety Bay. The Courthouse History Room at Alonnah was officially opened by Mr. Peter McFie in August 1997. It is accessible during office hours on weekdays via the adjoining post office. On weekends and public holidays it is staffed by volunteers who meet and greet visitors and assist them with enquiries. The Society welcomes all enquiries and is pleased to accept donated objects or documents relating to the history of Bruny. Please contact the coordinator, Tracy Thomas, on 0467 709 567 or email brunyhistory@gmail.com. For research enquiries please contact Kathy Duncombe, on 6260 6287 or email brunyhistory@gmail.com More information can be found at https://www.brunyhistory.com https://www.bica.org.au/bruny-news-form daily 0.75 2021-02-14 https://www.bica.org.au/fundingapplication daily 0.75 2021-02-17 https://www.bica.org.au/german-internment daily 0.75 2021-02-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fb375d43047123ddca369b4/t/602c6d907838604ca04bbabc/1613524439440/Chimney.jpg German Internment - Chimney Stack Archeological interpretation of the chimney remains indicates the unusual use of clay pise¹ construction. This may imply construction by the German inmates between 1915-1916, who were known to be employed as woodcutters at this location. pise¹ - rammed earth or clay for walls or floors