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As Dangerous As An Enemy Bomber - Mosquitoes Carrying Dengue Fever

c1943. Colour process lithograph, 48.8 x 36.4cm. Foxing.

Text includes “Can cripple an Army… disorganise a community. This mosquito breeds in and around houses – therefore control measures are simple. Issued by the NSW Dept. of Public Health.” Poster suggests methods to remove breeding areas including fire buckets, discarded rubber tyres, flower pots. This poster is mentioned in a local Cairns newspaper article titled “Dengue Menace.” Ref: Cairns Post, 8/2/1943.

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Item #CL177-66

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