Stories
- Article
Dirt, disease and the Inspector of Nuisances
In the days when ‘bad air’ was thought to spread disease, dozens of Inspectors of Nuisances ceaselessly struggled against the perils of dirt – both visible and invisible.
- Article
Sharing Nature: Parks for people
Paula Broom’s photograph of Sydney’s Centennial Park shows the complexity and joy we find in urban greenery.
- In pictures
In pursuit of purity
Many cultures associate physical cleanliness with spiritual purity, while disease and dirt are signs of moral pollution.
- Article
Parasites and pests from the medieval to the modern
Humans have been reluctant hosts to a plethora of unpleasant parasites for centuries. And medieval evidence shows our modern distaste for these little irritations is just as ancient.
Catalogue
- Videos
Dirt and disorder.
Date: 1994- Books
Dirt : a comic / by CJ Reay.
Reay, CJDate: 2015- Books
Dirt and disease : polio before FDR / Naomi Rogers.
Rogers, Naomi, 1958-Date: [1992], ©1992- Books
Dirt : the filthy reality of everyday life / Rosie Cox [and others].
Date: 2011- Books
Dirt : filth and decay in a new world arcadia / Pamela Wood.
Wood, Pamela J. (Pamela Janet)Date: 2005