The Boonah tragedy
Darroch, Ian2004
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A little known episode of World War One when the troopship "Boonah" arrived back in Fremantle in 1918 bearing soldiers infected with the "Spanish Flu" then rampant in South Africa where the ship had docked. A number of the soldiers, quarantined at Woodman Point, and the nurses attending them, died. Sir Hal Colebatch, as State Minister for Health, features prominently in the account.
Main title:
The Boonah tragedy / Ian Darroch.
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Imprint:
Bassendean, W.A. : Access Press, 2004 .
Collation:
[10] p., 264 p. : ill., port ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Backdrop 1918 -- Chapter 2: Preparations for war -- Chapter 3: The return -- Chapter 4: Limbo -- Chapter 5: Anzac heroes or pariahs? -- Chapter 6: The worsening crisis -- Chapter 7: Groundswell -- Chapter 8: The storm gathers -- Chapter 9: Flash point -- Chapter 10: Hiatus -- Chapter 11: Aftermath -- Chapter 12: The glowing embers -- Chapter 13: Ashes -- Chapter 14: Denouement -- Chapter 15: Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography texts -- Index
ISBN:
0864451695
Dewey class:
614.51809941HIS/1
LC class:
RC150.9.A82
Language:
English
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BRN:
78607