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Papers & Proceedings April 2024

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Papers & Proceedings
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April 2024
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Michael Bennett unravels the politics surrounding vaccination in the nineteenth century, Catherine Pearce investigates typhoid in late nineteenth century Launceston, Christopher McDermott explores two Hobart woollen mills, the Best family reveals the life of Edward Charles Best and Leonie Mickleborough wonders whether the Eardly-Wilmot Wall at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens really did keep out the grasshoppers. There are also book reviews by Ros Escott, Ian Terry and Don Garden as well the President's Report and Treasurer's Financial Statement.