6157: EVERY STREET TELLS A STORY
THE BATTLE OF
QUARANTINE PARK S T O R Y+ P H O T O S :
S IMO N E LLI OT T
In the early eighties, a group calling themselves “The Friends of Bicton,� mobilised a small but mighty army to fight the State Government over three hectares of land that had been used by the Commonwealth Department of Health as an Animal Quarantine Station. In an era predating social media and online petitions, the group drew together local residents, local government, state, and local politicians, and petitioned everyone up to the Prime Minister at the time, Bob Hawke. The catalyst for the action, which would eventually end in triumph, was two men who have been locals for a lifetime: Malcolm Doig and Allan Ulrich. While shunning the glare of the spotlight, even thirty years after the fact, this is their story; the story of the Battle for Quarantine Park. 6157 BY O N E RE S ID E N T IAL
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