Site Represents a site. Prim Media 3966 Contact ec349@st-andrews.ac.uk Status public Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Condition 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Church of the Good Shepherd, Robben Island Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Anglican Church of the Province of South Africa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived is51102025 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource ec349@st-andrews.ac.uk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1484 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,-33.80559661648449,18.37654781236779; Description An account of the resource A key, yet often forgotten part of Robben Island's history is its use as a general infirmary for the severely ill, primarily people suffering from leprosy and insanity (as it was referred to at the time). Numerous churches of different denominations were constructed during this time, including this one built by patients of the island, as designed by architect Sir Herbert Baker. Leprosy was deemed to be a 'black disease', and while both black and white patients were admitted on the island, they were segregated by race - even when not being used as a political prison, racism was still prevelant on the island. In the 1930s, after all leprosy patients had been removed from the island back to the mainland, all the wards were burnt down and destroyed over concerns that the disease remained in the buildings and would spread. This means that this church, and the graveyard surrounding it containing the graves of leprosy patients who died, are the main remains marking this era of the island. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 26/04/2025 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://www.robben-island.org.za/infirmary-1890-1931/, https://www.robben-island.org.za/infirmary-1862-1892/. https://www.robben-island.org.za/religion-1846-now/, https://www.cape-town-heritage.co.za/heritage-site/robben-island-leper-church.html Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1895 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Church of the Good Shepherd, Robben Island Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT