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  2020-10

  Northcote Public Golf Course #PeoplesPark

  HIST30060: The Northcote Public Golf Course was reclaimed during Melbourne’s second lockdown as the #PeoplesPark. Members of the community had repeatedly broken into the course by cutting through the wire fence and bending it back. When I visited, the hole had been turned into a semi-permanent doorway and was covered in signs and notices such as this. The #PeoplesPark was a vibrant community space, with an abundance of picnicking families, groups of friends, dog walkers, and frisbee throwers. My friend described the space as a ‘slice of heaven’ – it was a blissful and joyous break from the stress of lockdown.
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  2020-09-03

  A hoopless basketball ring

  This is an image I took of a basketball court at my local park that had had its basketball hoop unscrewed. As I stood there and looked at it, I realised the weight of the pandemic in terms of its social impact.
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  2020-03-28

  Bass Coast: Beaches Closed

  For part of the pandemic I spent time living in the Bass Coast Shire in South Gippsland. My friends and I often like to go for walks on the beach or go swimming. When the first announcement was made on March 28, we were still allowed to do these things. However, by the time Easter came, the shire was worried about visitors and social distancing, so they closed the beaches to all people for every purpose. As much as I understood the necessity of these actions, to me the beach is a good way to get some exercise and take care of my mental health. So, naturally I was quite disappointed when the beaches were closed. HIST30060
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  2020-05-10

  Public park taped off to prevent access during the COVID-19 pandemic

  A table at a park in Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia taped off by Waverley Council (the local government authority) to discourage public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  2020-02-05

  Campania Park closed until further notice due to Covid-19

  HUM402 The Government has closed all parks until further notice to help control the spread of Covid-19.
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  2020-04-03

  Playground cordoned off.

  Photograph of a cordoned off playground. Playgrounds have been closed to stop people gathering.
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  2020-04-06

  Chalk messages on footpaths

  Chalked messages and pictures of hope
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  2020-04-06

  Kids respond to playground closure

  All the local playgrounds closed at the end of March and now the kids have decorated the Council tape — Rossi Reserve in Ford Street, Ivanhoe.
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  2020-03-31

  Playground closed

  All the local playgrounds closed from today. This one is Rossi Reserve in Ford Street, Ivanhoe.
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  2020-03-31

  New park rules appeared today

  We are going for a walk every day for exercise, noting as the days go by new signs and information about social distancing. These signs were not there yesterday, and the teenagers playing basketball at the hoop and the kids playing on the playground have now disappeared. Just groups of two, or families with a few more, walking slightly furtively past one another. And many more bicyclists whizzing past on the shared paths — have already seen a bingle or two.
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  2020-03-24

  Almost three years old Roger, socially isolated in a playground.

  A young child not yet three years old plays alone in a playground inside a park; usually there are several children with their carers playing here at any given time of the day, one day into lock down here and the park and playground is deserted.