There Is A Small Plaque On The Wall Of The Police Station.... Which Reads.....
"The Site Of The First General Hospital In Australia - 1788 - 1816"
"The Marines , Their Wives and Children, Together With All The Convicts Were Landed. The Laboratory And Sick Tents Were Erected, And I Am Sorry To Say, Were Soon Filled with Sick Patients Afflicted With The True Camp Dysentery And The Scurvy"