New piece in ’The Conversation' by Heidi Norman and Nicholas Pitt, drawing on their latest 'Aboriginal History Journal’ article.
A powerful look at how Aboriginal communities on the western plains and river country fought back against smallpox.
doi.org/10.22459/AH....
ANU Press
A smallpox epidemic in the 1830s brought a new and deadly disease to the southeastern frontier. Aboriginal people responded with three distinct techniques.
