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In the 19th century, Melbourne was nicknamed ‘Smellbourne’. The solution lay in the Western Treatment Plant
In the late 1800s, the population of Melbourne was growing fast, but the streets were flushed with rubbish and human waste.
It was so bad, it prompted a royal commission.
That 1888 royal commission probing the state of the city’s public health led to the development of a crucial piece of the…
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