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  2020-03-23

  Is it still OK to go for a walk?

  Advice about walking, and how it is making people feel
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  2020-03-31

  Advice re walking

  Victorian State Government advice about walking
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  2020-03-27

  If you can stay home, you must stay home. If you don't, people will die.

  I have the VicEmergency app on my phone to warn for bushfires. Around mid March, I started getting daily warning alerts from the app, initially for contagious disease in my area, and then for pandemic in my area. The alerts usually come between 5-6pm and provide information on the latest public health advice and restrictions. On Friday 27 March the alert from the app was particularly striking. One of the instructions, highlighted in bold, told people "If you can stay home, you must stay home. If you don't, people will die." This felt like very dire warning from what is otherwise rather a dry app with very practical instructions.
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  2020-04-03

  Letterbox art #1

  Message to passers-by in suburban letterbox: "And as the earth slowed for a moment in time the trees, rivers, animals and even the humans took a deep breath …".
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  2020-03-26

  Wake up sheeple!

  This meme is a parody of all of the conspiracy theories that have been swirling around the internet.
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  2020-03-25

  The optimism of children

  Schools have closed for an interim period (maybe) — the kids down the street send messages of encouragement for all the people in the neighbourhood who are out taking a daily constitutional.
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  2020-03-25

  COVID-19 Alarming Times

  A piece of prose that highlights global opinions and assertions that were made in March of 2020. The author notes the state of Australian citizens and how people in general there, and worldwide, are being affected, either in a positive manner, negative manner or somewhere in between those two extremes . (Added by curator)
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  2020-03-23

  Instagram post - The Networking Dog 23 March 2020

  On Sunday 22 March I received the following message from the University's Vice Chancellor, "If you need to come to campus to collect anything essential to continue to teach online or work remotely you must do so before 5pm tomorrow, Monday 23 March." On Monday I posted this image to alert the community of researchers who use our facility that we would be closed until further notice. This poster designed again by Alex Stitt, a brilliant graphic designer, illustrator and social commentator, dates from 1997, and its message is relevant today. This week I have begun to work remotely and attended online training sessions Microsoft Teams 101, and Video Conferencing on Skype and Microsoft Teams.
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  2020-03-18

  RMIT Design Archives Instagram Post 18 March 2020 Cancellation of Melbourne Design Week events

  On the week beginning Monday 16 March cultural organisations across Victoria began to make the difficult decision to close their doors to the public as a precautionary measure. In terms of the RDA, our programs for Melbourne Design Week, the Australian Heritage Festival, and Melbourne Rare Books Week were postponed until further notice. One of the themes of Melbourne Design Week was Communication Design and Health Promotion. The 'Life Be In It' poster designed by Alex Stitt seemed pertinent to the unfolding situation where potentially people might not be able to participate in physical activity outside of their homes. My gym closed last week!
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  2020-03-25

  Our family home schooling schedule.

  My son's school closed on Monday. He is a high energy kid and copes better when he knows what the day holds. So I devised a schedule for us where he can continue to learn whilst school is closed. We are finding that having a schedule is really helping with our daily life. It is meant to be flexible and serves more of a touchstone for when things get difficult throughout the day. Many people are saying that time in isolation is a great opportunity to learn an instrument or language, master a hobby or really relax - but those of us with children don't have that luxury.
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  2020-03-23

  We Won! Facebooks post from the National Union of Students

  Facebook post relating to financial stimulus offered to university students in response to COVID-19; capture on 23/03/2020 at 20:52.
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  2020-03-21

  Free toilet paper

  A store front in South Melbourne offering free toilet paper to those who may need them, as they have become in short supply due to stockpiling and panic buying in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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  2020-03-24

  My new coworker is a bit of a bitch.

  The challenges of working from home.
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  2020-03-23

  Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne, looking West

  Showing Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne. Sales on in the major department stores but no one around to buy it.
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  2020-03-23

  Banking information

  Banks experiencing high volume of calls re financial hardship
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  16 March 2020

  University of Divinity Response

  Statement from the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Divinity announcing shift to online teaching after a "pause week"