Explorations: Animal Farm: Long Term History: Australia: The effects of European diseases on the native peoples of Australia
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Background to the Channel 4 Millennium Series ‘The Day the World Took Off’, shown in 2000. With thanks to Windfall Films.
Standing in an Australian graveyard, Alan Macfarlane reflects on the effects of western diseases on the Australian native populations. He explains why these diseases were less lethal for the Europeans themselves. |
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| Created: | 2018-03-12 08:55 |
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| Collection: | A History of the World (The Day the World Took Off) |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | Prof Alan Macfarlane |
| Language: | eng (English) |
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