Nelson Island, Trinidad

Colour: Sepia; Style: Landscape; Other: Bordered, Undivided Nelson Island, one of the Five Islands which are located west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria. The island was used as a disembarkation and quarantine station for indentured labourers, which included Chinese and Indian immigrants betwe...

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Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Trinidad and Tobago
Postcards
Paria
Gulf of (Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago)
Islands > Trinidad and Tobago
Bodies of water > Trinidad and Tobago
Quarantine > Trinidad and Tobago
Indentured servants > Trinidad and Tobago
Buildings > Trinidad and Tobago
Architecture > Trinidad and Tobago
Trees > Trinidad and Tobago
Five Islands
The
Indian
Trinidad
Nelson Island
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2139/9781
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Summary:Colour: Sepia; Style: Landscape; Other: Bordered, Undivided Nelson Island, one of the Five Islands which are located west of Port of Spain in the Gulf of Paria. The island was used as a disembarkation and quarantine station for indentured labourers, which included Chinese and Indian immigrants between 1866 and 1917. Funding for this project has been provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw.

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