'Rebecca will you marry me? Tim': Inscriptions as objects of biography at the North Head Quarantine Station, Manly, New South Wales

Clarke, Anne; Frederick, Ursula

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'Rebecca will you marry me? Tim': Inscriptions as objects of biography at the North Head Quarantine Station, Manly, New South Wales

Date

2012

Authors

Clarke, Anne

Frederick, Ursula

Publisher

Sydney University Press

Abstract

In this paper we explore the historical inscriptions at the North Head Quarantine Station, Manly through the lens of biography to examine what the archaeological record can tell us about some of the people who found themselves in quarantine and who chose