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2021-05-28
HIST30060 Frustration over lockdown restrictions in Victoria
This is a short sentence sent into the Herald Sun newspaper just after another lockdown had been announced, that says quite simply 'Daniel Andrews, just get out of my life.' This sentiment has grown throughout the course of the pandemic, as people feel very frustrated with their freedoms being restricted, if only temporarily. Thus, this item reflects the debate around pandemic restrictions- while some see them as necessary to stop the spread, others question either the need for them or their harshness. -
2021-10-06
Sharing Experience, Cochrane Times, October 6th 2021.
2.) This is another photo within the Cochrane Times dedicated to documenting Canada’s first Orange Shirt Day; this was an article from the October 6th paper. The text underneath the photo reads: “Sharing Experience, Residential school survivor Jenny Clark shares her story with those gathered near the McDougall Stoney Memorial Church ahead of a ceremonial walk to Morley on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 30. -
2020-09-08
Victorian Isolation – HIST30060
The second lockdown was an extraordinarily difficult time for Victorian citizens. Our social media feeds were filled with Australians and the international community celebrating their newfound freedom, whilst we were stuck at home, demoralised, and overwhelmed with the rising cases and deaths in our hometown. This article struck me because it was the only publication I saw in this time which accurately captured the loneliness and hopelessness that was felt throughout the state. -
2020-04-24
Jewish Melbourne: NCJWA article in AJN
in April 2020, the Australian Jewish News profiled a number of Jewish organisations to show how they were adapting to Covid. Under the headline 'Thriving through the Covid-19 crisis', one of the organisations profiled was the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) -
2020-10-30T17:00
Flu Flies: October 8, 1918 how it connect to Spanish Flu and Covid-19
I feel this is important about the document I discuss about how the solider survive. Not many people focus on everyone but themselves and how to not get the COVID. But we are not aware how the solider are trying to survive similar as the Spanish Flu about the training camps. -
2020-10-02
Parallels between today and the "Spanish flu" of the 1910's
It shows that this time feels very significant in the eyes of those going through it; it made me seek out and reflect on history in an attempt to understand the current moment. -
2020-09-19
Jewish Melbourne: 'Everyone wants to hear the shofar': ringing in Jewish new year in locked-down Melbourne
article published in Guardian Australia, written by Elias Visontay, documenting Rosh Hashanah in Melbourne under lockdown -
2020-06-10
Eastern Iowa residents receive magazines with white supremacist stickers
Racist stickers folded into newspapers delivered to residents in Iowa City, North Liberty, Cedar Rapids and Davenport. The message on the stickers ask that "Whites practice racial as well social distancing". The paper