Australian Story Lest We Forget: Australia and the Spanish Flu (Season 25, Episode 15)
TV Episode | 34 min | Documentary, Biography

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Australian Story

Lest We Forget: Australia and the Spanish Flu (Season 25, Episode 15)

TV Episode | 34 min | Documentary, Biography

For the first time on TV, an in-depth look at how Australia survived the influenza pandemic of 1918. Long-forgotten archival material not only provides a unique insight but shows uncanny parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Norman Swan Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The Chaser's War on 2020 (2020)
Jean Arnot Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Elizabeth Beard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Alice Brown Self - Daughter (archive footage) Self - Daughter (archive footage) See fewer
John Howard Lidgett Cumpston Self - Chief Quarantine Officer of Australia (archive footage) Self - Chief Quarantine Officer of Australia (archive footage) See fewer
Philip Cumpston Self - Grandson (as Dr Philip Cumpston) Self - Grandson (as Dr Philip Cumpston) See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Alick Dill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Annie Egan Self - Nurse (archive footage) Self - Nurse (archive footage) See fewer
Juliette Egan Self - Great-Niece Self - Great-Niece See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Laila Ellmoos Self - Historian, City of Sydney Council Self - Historian, City of Sydney Council See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Anthony Hansell Self - Grandson Self - Grandson See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Harry Hansell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Joyce Higgins Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Peter Hobbins Self - Medical Historian (as Dr Peter Hobbins) Self - Medical Historian (as Dr Peter Hobbins) See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Anthea Hyslop Self - Historian (as Dr Anthea Hyslop) Self - Historian (as Dr Anthea Hyslop) See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Thomas McKernan Self - Journalist (archive footage) Self - Journalist (archive footage) See fewer	The National Library Of Australia (1969)
Gwladys McLachlan Self Self See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Douglas Miller Self - Neurosurgeon (archive footage) (as Dr Douglas Miller) Self - Neurosurgeon (archive footage) (as Dr Douglas Miller) See fewer
Keith Mulhearn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Lisa Murray Self - City Historian, City of Sydney Council Self - City Historian, City of Sydney Council See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Billy Pascoe Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Tony Ryan Self - Great-Nephew Self - Great-Nephew See fewer	Australian Story (1996)
Kirsty Short Self - Virologist, University of Queensland (as Dr Kirsty Short) Self - Virologist, University of Queensland (as Dr Kirsty Short) See fewer	Invisible Wars (2021)
Kathleen Woodgate Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer

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