It appears the government response to #coronavirusaus is pretty much straight from the findings and recommendations of the Spanish influenza (circa 1920, NSW)

The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1919 struck Australia in two waves, each lasting around 10 weeks. The second wave was more mild in symptoms but deadlier in outcome. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080410052741/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/83132/20080410-1521/influenza_report_full_36-44.pdf @nlagovau #coronavirusaus #auspol

The invasion. This is language used to refer to the Spanish flu 1919 in Australia by the 1920 report on the influenza epidemic in New South Wales, written by the director-general of public health. @nlagovau #coronavirusaus #auspol https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080410052741/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/83132/20080410-1521/influenza_report_full_3-5.pdf