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Education building entrance Bridge Street Sydney during the Flu Epidemic

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    SNAP! From State Library NSW, who say April 1919 - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=179268 (found via Google Image search)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    This exact photo was used in an article in The Mirror Sunday 13/4/1919 p.8 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/136733822 - Read All About It! "S.O.S. MOTOR CYCLES READY TO START IN FIGHTING THE INFLUENZA PEST A number of motor cycles with side-cars, which are used for various work in the task of fighting the influenza epidemic, lined up outside the headquarters of the Administrative Committee, Education Department offices, ready to start on their errand of mercy. They all have the sign S.O.S. plainly marked on them. ... " Thank you again, Trove! National Library of Australia
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I tell a lie! It's not quite the same photo - spot the differences!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Background info on the 1918 'flu pandemic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic
  • beachcomber australia said:
    GoogleMapsStreetView - goo.gl/maps/YTJBd - an excellent 'now'.

Tents erected at the Lytton Quarantine Camp, Lytton (1919)

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    www.9news.com.au/national/covid-quarantine-inside-queensl...
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Lytton Quarantine Camp id Heritage listed.
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Tents erected during the Spanish influenza pandemic, 1919. The station was built at the mouth of the Brisbane River in 1913 and 1914 and played a crucial part in protecting Queensland against the Spanish flu pandemic between 1918 and 1920. Tents (pictured) erected during the Spanish influenza pandemic, 1919.
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    From the same source as above: www.9news.com.au

Richard Coleman

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons