INDONESIAN CASTAWAYS
Disease Risk To Aust. Seen
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) DARWIN, Dec. 23.
There was a high risk that Indonesian castaways frequently blown to the north Australian coast could introduce plant and animal diseases, the Northern Territory Administrator, Mr R. L. Dean, said today. He appealed to residents to notify immediately any sightings of drifters during the coming monsoon season.
Parties of up to 20 Indonesians have crossed the Timor sea to the north coast every year in the last six years after they had been blown from their home waters in storms. Many have survived incredible hardships. Mr Dean said the quarantine dangers that such people carried demanded prompt attention. They could unwittingly be carrying animals and food through which serious diseases could be introduced to pastoral and agricultural industries.
It was likely also that none of them would be vaccinated against smallpox or cholera.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30632, 24 December 1964, Page 11
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