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Boonah Crisis
HMAT ''Boonah'' was built in Germany in 1912 for the Australian trade, and known as the ''Melbourne''. In Sydney at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, she was seized by the Government of Australia, Commonwealth Government, renamed ''Boonah'', and hastily converted to a troopship. In October 1918, near the end of the war, ''Boonah'' was the last Australian troop ship to leave Fremantle, Western Australia, bound for the Middle East. Carrying about 1200 soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force, she arrived in Durban, South Africa just three days after the Armistice with Germany (Compiègne), armistice was signed and on hearing the news, made arrangements to return home promptly. Before her departure however, local stevedores from the Spanish flu stricken city were used to load and unload supplies from the ship and in the course of doing so infected soldiers who were billeted in crowded conditions throughout the ship. Return Another troop ship, the ''Wyreema'' had departed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMAT Boonah
HMAT ''Boonah'' was built in Germany in 1912 for the Australian trade, and known as the ''Melbourne''. In Sydney at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, she was seized by the Government of Australia, Commonwealth Government, renamed ''Boonah'', and hastily converted to a troopship. In October 1918, near the end of the war, ''Boonah'' was the last Australian troop ship to leave Fremantle, Western Australia, bound for the Middle East. Carrying about 1200 soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force, she arrived in Durban, South Africa just three days after the Armistice with Germany (Compiègne), armistice was signed and on hearing the news, made arrangements to return home promptly. Before her departure however, local stevedores from the Spanish flu stricken city were used to load and unload supplies from the ship and in the course of doing so infected soldiers who were billeted in crowded conditions throughout the ship. Return Another troop ship, the ''Wyreema'' had departed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarantine
A quarantine is a restriction on the movement of people, animals and goods which is intended to prevent the spread of disease or pests. It is often used in connection to disease and illness, preventing the movement of those who may have been exposed to a communicable disease, yet do not have a confirmed medical diagnosis. It is distinct from medical isolation, in which those confirmed to be infected with a communicable disease are isolated from the healthy population. Quarantine considerations are often one aspect of border control. The concept of quarantine has been known since biblical times, and is known to have been practised through history in various places. Notable quarantines in modern history include the village of Eyam in 1665 during the bubonic plague outbreak in England; East Samoa during the 1918 flu pandemic; the Diphtheria outbreak during the 1925 serum run to Nome, the 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak, the SARS pandemic, the Ebola pandemic and extensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 In Australia
1918 in Australia was dominated by national participation in World War I. The Australian Corps, formed at the beginning of the year from the five divisions of the First Australian Imperial Force, played a significant role in the Allied victory. Incumbents *Monarch – George V *Governor-General – Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson *Prime Minister – Billy Hughes * Chief Justice – Samuel Griffith State premiers *Premier of New South Wales – William Holman *Premier of Queensland – T. J. Ryan *Premier of South Australia – Archibald Peake *Premier of Tasmania – Walter Lee *Premier of Victoria – John Bowser (until 21 March), then Harry Lawson *Premier of Western Australia – Sir Henry Lefroy State governors *Governor of New South Wales – Walter Edward Davidson (from 18 February) *Governor of Queensland – Hamilton Goold-Adams *Governor of South Australia – Sir Henry Galway *Governor of Tasmania – Francis Newdegate *Governor of Victoria – Sir Arthur Stanley *Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disease Outbreaks In Australia
A disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that are associated with specific signs and symptoms. A disease may be caused by external factors such as pathogens or by internal dysfunctions. For example, internal dysfunctions of the immune system can produce a variety of different diseases, including various forms of immunodeficiency, hypersensitivity, allergies and autoimmune disorders. In humans, ''disease'' is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, or death to the person affected, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical human variability, variations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
