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How the kidnapping of a First Nations man on New Year’s Eve in 1788 may have led to a smallpox epidemic

Toby Raeburn, University of Notre Dame Australia; Kerrie Doyle, Western Sydney University, and Paul Saunders, Western Sydney University

New Year’s Eve is the anniversary of the British invaders’ first kidnapping of a First Nations person in Australia. This kidnapping led to a devastating smallpox outbreak.

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