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In the 19th century, Melbourne was nicknamed ‘Smellbourne’. The solution lay in the Western Treatment Plant

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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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