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Street cleansing 1900

Street cleansing 1900

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Planning

From an accidental city without a plan, Sydney has become a city with many plans. The early town grew without controls, but later governments tried to regulate building and development, and keep up with necessary services and infrastructure. From 1900, resumptions, zoning and regulation were used to shape the city and its suburbs.

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Bubonic plague epidemic 1900

Outbreak of plague that spread from the waterfront, when rats carried the plague throughout the city. Over eight months 303 cases were reported and 103 people died.

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