Gold and typhoid : two fevers : a social history of Western Australia, 1891-1900 / Vera Whittington
- Bib ID:
- 1879655
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Whittington, Vera
- Description:
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- Nedlands, W.A. : University of Western Australia Press, 1988
- xxv, 455 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0855642742
- 0855642750 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Social history of Western Australia, focussing on the discovery of gold, water famine and the typhoid epidemic ; sporadic references to Aboriginal people.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 423-429.
- Subject:
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- Typhoid fever -- Social aspects -- Western Australia
- Gold mines and mining -- Social aspects -- Western Australia
- Nursing services -- Western Australia -- History
- Health - Infectious diseases
- Occupations - Miners
- Mining industry - Gold
- Water supply
- Health services - Health workers - Nurses and nursing
- Western Australia -- Social conditions -- 1891-1901
- Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50)
- Coolgardie (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09)
- Yilgarn (SW WA SH50-16)
- Kalgoorlie map area (SE WA Goldfields SH51-09)
- Western Australia (WA)
- Mount Margaret (SE WA SH51-02)
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1988
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