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March 12, 2020
by Mary Sheehan
Comments Off on Were these the good old days?

Were these the good old days?

Watching the rapid spread of the Coronavirus today seems like a re-enactment of events a century ago. But then too, many things were very different in 1919 when the ‘Spanish’ influenza virus arrived in Australia. The nation was recovering from … Continue reading →

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Categories: Australian history, Coronavirus, COVD-19, Disease, environmental history, History, Medical history, Spanish flu | Tags: COVID-19, influenza, Melbourne, pandemic, Spanish flu | Permalink

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