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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Crowley" data-source="post: 77059061" data-attributes="member: 383390"><p>There was an item on the ABC news a couple of days ago about a young boy being killed in an accident at a shopping centre in Palmerston, which is about 15 minutes drive from Darwin. My wife and I spent a couple of weeks in Darwin in June / July this year, wiht a side trip to Palmerston, and I was curious as to where the shopping centre was. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-20/boy-killed-in-fatal-crash-in-moulden-car-park-palmerston/101794258[/URL]</p><p></p><p>When I looked at the map of Palmerston online and then shrunk it on-screen, I noticed a road going to a place called Channel Island. We weren't aware of it when we were in Darwin.</p><p></p><p>So I looked up Channel Island on Google, and came up with the fact it used to be a leper colony before treatment became available. It's can be surprising where a train of thought can lead sometimes.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-24/channel-island-leper-colony-call-to-honour-sufferers/7648752[/URL]</p><p></p><p>This reminded me that Peel Island off Brisbane also used to be a leper colony.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.secretbrisbane.com.au/home/2017/3/20/the-lazaret-at-peel-island#:~:text=Peel%20Island%20is%20located%20off,over%20half%20dying%20in%20isolation.[/URL]</p><p></p><p>This got me curious about leper colonies in Australia and there were a couple more. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/medical-history-leprosy-is-a-terror-of-the-past-ri#:~:text=Several%20leper%20colonies%2C%20or%20lazarets,Island%2C%20in%20the%20Northern%20Territory.[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, as per the above article, it seems <em>"leprosy isn't quite done with us yet".</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Crowley, post: 77059061, member: 383390"] There was an item on the ABC news a couple of days ago about a young boy being killed in an accident at a shopping centre in Palmerston, which is about 15 minutes drive from Darwin. My wife and I spent a couple of weeks in Darwin in June / July this year, wiht a side trip to Palmerston, and I was curious as to where the shopping centre was. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-20/boy-killed-in-fatal-crash-in-moulden-car-park-palmerston/101794258[/URL] When I looked at the map of Palmerston online and then shrunk it on-screen, I noticed a road going to a place called Channel Island. We weren't aware of it when we were in Darwin. So I looked up Channel Island on Google, and came up with the fact it used to be a leper colony before treatment became available. It's can be surprising where a train of thought can lead sometimes. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-24/channel-island-leper-colony-call-to-honour-sufferers/7648752[/URL] This reminded me that Peel Island off Brisbane also used to be a leper colony. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.secretbrisbane.com.au/home/2017/3/20/the-lazaret-at-peel-island#:~:text=Peel%20Island%20is%20located%20off,over%20half%20dying%20in%20isolation.[/URL] This got me curious about leper colonies in Australia and there were a couple more. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/medical-history-leprosy-is-a-terror-of-the-past-ri#:~:text=Several%20leper%20colonies%2C%20or%20lazarets,Island%2C%20in%20the%20Northern%20Territory.[/URL] Unfortunately, as per the above article, it seems [I]"leprosy isn't quite done with us yet".[/I] [/QUOTE]
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