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Pandemic: The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20

Ian W. Shaw

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Description: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.Ian W. Shaw is an acclaimed writer of narrative nonfiction who has made an important contribution to Australian history and to the understanding of our nation. After a decade of school teaching and twenty-five years working as a security risk analyst for both government agencies and large private companies, Ian became a full-time writer in 2012. Ian has published eight works on Australian and military history, all of which are characterised by his ability to locate and access hidden tales from our past, and for his meticulous and far-reaching research.1. Introduction2. Incubation3. Prophylaxis4. An Ounce of Prevention5. Woodman’s Point6. Hiatus: December 1918-January 19197. Public Policy, Private Pain8. New South Wales: The Heart of the Matter9. Victoria: A State of (some) Denial10. South Australia: A Big Picnic and a Small Mutiny11. Queensland: A Little Late, a Little Light12. Western Australia: Friction at the Edges13. Tasmania and T.I. : The Outliers14. Post-mortemAppendix: The long voyage of the BoonahWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pandemic: The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20. To get started finding Pandemic: The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 240

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Woodslane Press

Release: 2020

ISBN: 1925868443

Description: 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.Ian W. Shaw is an acclaimed writer of narrative nonfiction who has made an important contribution to Australian history and to the understanding of our nation. After a decade of school teaching and twenty-five years working as a security risk analyst for both government agencies and large private companies, Ian became a full-time writer in 2012. Ian has published eight works on Australian and military history, all of which are characterised by his ability to locate and access hidden tales from our past, and for his meticulous and far-reaching research.1. Introduction2. Incubation3. Prophylaxis4. An Ounce of Prevention5. Woodman’s Point6. Hiatus: December 1918-January 19197. Public Policy, Private Pain8. New South Wales: The Heart of the Matter9. Victoria: A State of (some) Denial10. South Australia: A Big Picnic and a Small Mutiny11. Queensland: A Little Late, a Little Light12. Western Australia: Friction at the Edges13. Tasmania and T.I. : The Outliers14. Post-mortemAppendix: The long voyage of the BoonahWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pandemic: The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20. To get started finding Pandemic: The Spanish Flu in Australia 1918-20, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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