TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO Bruny Island - 1919

CHANNEL RESTRICTIONS 1919 style

The following regulations were drawn up in respect to Bruny Island:—
1. Every person landing at or departing from the municipality of Bruny must do so by way of the pier at Alonnah, and not otherwise.
2. No person shall land at or depart from Alonnah without first having obtained a written permit from me for the purpose, and such permit shall upon demand be produced and delivered up to an officer or person appointed by me.
3. No person shall by any means whatever bring or take any other person to or from the municipality of Bruny except to or from the Pier at Alonnah, and then only if such last mentioned person shall have obtained the aforesaid permit.
4. No person shall take or suffer to be taken by vessel or boat from the pier at Alonnah until he shall have first satisfied the person or officer there deputed by me for the purpose that there is no person on board In contravention of these directions and requirements.
5. Traffic within D'En'trecasteaux Channel is hereby regulated and restricted as follows: Vessels and boats of every description except when proceeding under special permit granted by me shall keep to the waters west of mid- channel. Persons in charge of vessels or boats shall not proceed to Alonnah without first obtaining a special permit from me for the purpose.
6. No vessels or boats shall approach within two miles of the eastern coast of North Bruny.
7. Upon obtaining a special permit from me, and complying with the conditions of such permit, and not otherwise, persons may fish from boats off the coast of South Bruny.
8. No person shall pass by land between North Bruny and South Bruny without the permission of the police patrol stationed on the neck of land connecting North and South Bruny.
9. No officer, person, vessel, or boat engaged In carrying out the provisions of any law relating to quarantine, or the provisions of any Health Act for the prevention of Infectious diseases, or in carrying out my Instructions as Acting Chief Health Officer, shall be subject to the foregoing orders, directions, or requisitions.

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Ian Barwick