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Collected Item: “The Census in Lockdown”

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The Census in Lockdown

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photograph of mask and lanyard

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The Australian Census looked little different this year. Census employees in states and cities in lockdown had to conduct contactless follow up visits and were issued with ABS branded masks for the purpose.

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Mask
ABS
Australian Census
Lockdown
Melbourne
Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Gretel Evans

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2021-09-17
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