This Day in History: 1952-03-20

An inspection by the chairman of the Agriculture Protection Board and the Assistant Chief Vermin Control Officer found that a very effective spread of the rabbit virus myxomatosis had been obtained on Dallas Edward Ludemann’s Glendearg property at Bejoording north of Toodyay. This was one of the original Agriculture Protection Board’s experimental infection sites set up the previous year.

Sources:
West Australian, 24 Mar. 1952, p.6.
Western mail, 27 Mar. 1952, p.76.
Toodyay herald, 24 April 1952, p.2.