Title Havens of refuge : a history of leprosy in Western Australia / W.S. Davidson

Published [Perth] : University of Western Australia Press for the Public Health Department ; Letchworth : [Distributed by] International Scholarly Book Services, 1978

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
WATERFT HEALTH	614.54609941 Dav/Hor		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 188 pages : illustrations, maps(chiefly color), portraits ; 24cm Series Otto Hirschfeld Memorial Collection Otto Hirschfeld Memorial Collection Contents Index Summary Spread of disease among Aborigines in 1850s; introduction of disease by pearlers and missionaries; isolation of victims; Derby Leprosarium; Aborigines Protection Act, 1886; native welfare acts Analysis Man. Leprosy. Western Australia, to 1976 Western Australia Man Leprosy to 1976 Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 185-186 Event [1978] Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Diseases -- History. Leprosy -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History. History. Leper Colonies. Leprosy. Leper Colonies -- history. Leprosy -- history. SUBJECT Western Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014904 Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 Author Western Australia. Public Health Department. Western Australia. Public Health Department (1911-1979) LC no. 79670161 ISBN 085564141X 0855641428 (Paperback)

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