How the Gissing family's pharmacy dynasty emerged from the Spanish flu pandemic

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Updated August 1 2021 - 7:46am, first published July 26 2021 - 9:00pm
HISTORICAL FAMILY: Peter Gissing with a book featuring the war diaries of his grandfather Harry who established Gissing's Pharmacy when Wagga was battling the Spanish Flu in 1919. Picture: Les Smith
HISTORICAL FAMILY: Peter Gissing with a book featuring the war diaries of his grandfather Harry who established Gissing's Pharmacy when Wagga was battling the Spanish Flu in 1919. Picture: Les Smith

It's just over 100 years since Wagga was engulfed in one of the deadliest pandemics in history when the Spanish flu landed on Australia's shores.

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Sean Cunningham

Journalist

Former senior journalist and sport editor at Camden and Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertisers.

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