Outbreak of bubonic plague; suppressive measures taken vigorously and promptly, only two cases end in death.
See:
McKeough, Michelle 2007, 'The bubonic plague in Fremantle, 1900', Fremantle Studies, 5: 22-29.
McKeough, Michelle 2012, 'A twist in the turn of the century: the bubonic plague in Fremantle, 1900', in Paul Arthur Longley & Geoffrey Bolton, Voices from the West End: Stories, People and Events that Shaped Fremantle, WA Museum: 106-123.
McKeough, Michelle 2020, 'The bubonic plague in Fremantle', FHS blog 12 May. (archive version: File:bubonic-plague.pdf)
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