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Collected Item: “Division is no cure”

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Division is no cure

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Screenshot from a website of anti-tourism postcards

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HIST30060.

This is a screenshot of anti-tourism postcards that were published when Melbourne went back into stage 3 lockdown. Their purpose was to deter Melbournians from travelling to regional Victoria. I selected this source as I believed this campaign was promoting the wrong behaviour of which we should all treat each other. During COVID, being caring, kind and empathetic to one another is needed in order to get through each day, and I felt these postcards were seeking to do the opposite of what we needed.

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https://www.gc-ad.com/antitourism-postcards

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Emma Nelson

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2020-06-19
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