A workingman's paradise? Reflections on urban mortality in colonial Australia 1860-1900.

@article{Lewis1987AWP,
  title={A workingman's paradise? Reflections on urban mortality in colonial Australia 1860-1900.},
  author={Magdalena Castro Lewis and Roy M. Macleod},
  journal={Medical History},
  year={1987},
  volume={31},
  pages={387 - 402}
}
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