How scarily similar New Year played out 100 years ago

The Great War was two years past, the deadly Spanish flu was all but gone, and the first motor cars had been registered as the state farewelled 1920.While reports came from London that its new year celebrations were the merriest since 1914, Brisbane was more subdued.As it was so eloquently described at the time, “the sands of 1920 ran out in Brisbane on December 31 and the glass was up-ended without much ceremony. Compared with previous years, the streets almost might be said to have been…



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