Spanish flu
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On This Day
27 Jan 1919 - Influenza pandemic reached NSW
On 27 January 1919, the NSW Government announced the first confirmed case of pneumonic influenza, the 'Spanish Flu', in NSW
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Pneumonic influenza (Spanish Flu), 1919
The pandemic threw the people and Government of the State into a community effort rivalled only by that of the recent war
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Rouse Hill Estate and the Spanish flu of 1919: a year of contradictions
In 1919, Spanish flu gripped the world. In 2020, as we confront COVID-19, the media headlines and reports from the earlier pandemic are all too familiar.
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When masks were compulsory
When thinking about the impact of COVID-19, it’s timely to reflect on an earlier pandemic that affected every aspect of life, including at our places