Smallpox in Australia
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smallpox-in-australia-161-8494268
title:
Smallpox in Australia
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European colonisation of Australia was accompanied by epidemic diseases to which the original inhabitants had little resistance. Colds, influenzas, tuberculosis (TB), and measles were major killers. Such diseases devastated Aboriginal populations, weakened their cultures, and often left them in no position to resist the newcomers. Within perhaps as little as six months of the arrival of the First Fleet, venereal disease was already a serious problem for local Aboriginal peoples; but the first di
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Detailed debate on introduction of smallpox and possibly chickenpox into Australia in 18th century
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_in_Australia
date created:
2021-11-04T04:58:16Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T06:50:23Z
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