Spanish Flu Research Paper

What was Making News in Richmond in 1919?
During the year of 1919 many things made the news. This included the Richmond Football Club making another run to the Grand Final where they played and got defeated by the Collingwood Football Club by 25 points. Also making the news in Richmond during this year was the ongoing epidemic known as Spanish Influenza/Pandemic, which killed many people from Richmond. Squizzy Taylor, a gang leader from Richmond was also in the news for his involvement and arrest for a shooting incident in Fitzroy, where he was later seen jumping into a moving car immediately after the shots were fired at a ‘sly grog shop’. Which had injured a woman and two men.
What was the Population of Richmond in 1919
In 1919 the city of Richmond

After quitting his job as a runner for Squizzy Taylor, Charlie decided to run the mile. After winning the final sprint, Charlie was victorious. In terms of kilometres Charlie ran 1.6 km.
What was the Spanish Flu/Bird Flu?
The Spanish Flu was a deadly epidemic that affected over 500 million people and resulted in the deaths of 50-100 million people (3-5% of the world’s population at the time). Making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. It was named the Spanish flu as it received press attention as it moved from France to Spain after the war had finished. Spain was not involved in the war and had not imposed wartime censorship. Amazing the two years that the flu was being spread, more people died than during the whole world war that had just passed.
What was the currency of the time? Find conversions into Australian dollars from today.
During the early 20th century the currency was the pound. This consisted of 20 shillings, each consisting of 12 pence. This currency lasted from early 1910 to late 1931. In comparison to Australia’s current currency, the Australian Dollar. Once pence would be worth 2 Australian