1789 Sydney smallpox outbreak
In 1789 Sydney, Australia experienced one of its most violent outbreaks of smallpox when the disease swept through Aboriginal and colonial Australians on the coast.[1] The outbreak began in early March with the first cases appearing in tribes living near Port Jackson. [2] Aboriginal communities had no preexisting immunity to smallpox, and suffered mortality rates of around 70%. [3]
Smallpox in Sydney
Aboriginal tribes on Arnhem Land first contracted smallpox when they made infectious contact with fishermen from southeast Asia.[4] Governor Arthur Philip estimated that around half of the Aboriginal population around Sydney harbor died in the outbreak. [4]
References
- ↑ Chris Warren. Smallpox, the First Fleet, and Port Jackson Tribes. Event occurs at 2:14.
- ↑ "Sydney's smallpox outbreak of 1789 - Biological warfare against Aboriginal tribes". www.nationalunitygovernment.org. 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ↑ corporateName=National Museum of Australia; address=Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula. "National Museum of Australia - Smallpox epidemic". www.nma.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hiscock, Peter (2008). Archaeology of Ancient Australia. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 0-203-44835-9. Search this book on
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