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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Preventing plague in Port

CollectionMarch 12, 2015
From the Collection - Rats Cash Book June 15 1903 to May 3 1904 (catalogue number 2534) This wonderful document in the PMHPS collection records action taken between 1903 and 1904 in Port Melbourne to prevent the spread of bubonic plague by paying people for dead rats. A rat bonus of 3d and later 2d a head was paid at the Town Hall…

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We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.