Collected Item: “Australian Census Materials”
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Australian Census Materials
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Photograph
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The Australian Census was conducted when many people and cities were in Lockdown. This changed the nature of Census work. No longer door knocking, workers were required to drop of census materials and reminders in keeping with 2021 contactless procedures.
I wasn't allowed to doorknock but had to use intercoms for large apartment buildings. We were given masks and bright yellow satchels to carry materials
I wasn't allowed to doorknock but had to use intercoms for large apartment buildings. We were given masks and bright yellow satchels to carry materials
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ABS
Census
Australian Census
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Melbourne
Lockdown
Census
Australian Census
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Melbourne
Lockdown
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Gretel Evans
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2021-09-10