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Pandemic : the Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20 / Ian W Shaw.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781925868449
Author	Shaw, Ian W. (author.)
Title	Pandemic : the Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20 / Ian W Shaw.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Warriewood, NSW : Woodslane Press, 2020.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	©2020.
Description	vi, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271)
Summary	Between January 1919 and March 1920, two waves of Spanish flu swept across Australia, touching every settlement from the bottom of Tasmania to the tip of Cape York and from Byron Bay in the east to Broome in the west. At least 15,000 people died and many more were incapacitated but medical and health specialists, by literally putting their lives on the line, saved countless more and gave Australia a template for what was to come at the country exactly a century later. This book tells the story of the Australian experience of the Spanish Flu and of those who fought it and sometimes lost their lives to it.
Subjects	Epidemics
	Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 -- Australia
	Influenza -- Australia -- History
	Epidemics -- Australia
	Medical emergencies -- Australia -- History
Call number	2020.352

Item Information
Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00923075	2020.352	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .