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Annie Wyatt, heritage warrior

Membership Card No 1, belonging to Annie Forsyth Wyatt, courtesy of National Trust of Australia (NSW) The National Trust of Australia is celebrating its 75th anniversary this week, so it seemed like a perfect time to talk about the inspiring woman…

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Ah-chew! (Sniffle, Sniffle) - the pneumonic influenza pandemic of 1919

Today on 2SER Breakfast, Lisa and Tess talked about the pneumonic influenza pandemic of 1919 (aka the Spanish flu) - a world-wide pandemic that hit Sydney 100 years ago in February 1919. More people died from the flu around the…