A lone traveller heading to South Australia brought this deadly flu to Ballarat

By Caleb Cluff
Updated February 21 2020 - 5:37pm, first published February 19 2020 - 5:45pm

With the current fear and confusion caused by the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus, it's timely to remember Australia was gripped by the fear of another virus 100 years ago - the so-called Spanish Flu.

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