Item

New Arrivals

Title (Dublin Core)

New Arrivals

Disclaimer (Dublin Core)

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Description (Dublin Core)

HIST30060
Perhaps the most unexpected event in 2020 (bushfires and pandemic aside) for my family was the arrival of a proud mother duck with ten tiny ducklings. They’ve declared dominion over our pool and taken up permanent residence. I think it’s been cathartic for everyone to watch them grow and spread their wings – literally! The ducklings are just one of a number of new arrivals. We’ve also had currawongs, cockatoos, pigeons, doves, magpies and butcherbirds. They come and chill in the backyard, and mum makes sure they’re appropriately fed and watered. We think that we’ve had so many newcomers to our menagerie because of the bushfires at the start of the year, which destroyed a lot of natural habitat. But we also think the pandemic has played a role: with so many people spending all their exercise/recreational time in parks and nature reserves, disturbed birds have fled for greener pastures. I think it’s important to divorce ourselves from our own experiences of the plague year and consider how the pandemic has affected the natural world around us. We’re not alone in confronting change, and it would be selfish to only consider human experiences.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 10, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Joseph Moorhead

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Joseph Moorhead

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

photograph

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Home & Family Life
English Education--Universities
English Animals

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

duck
backyard
family
pool
pet
visitor
cartharsis
duckling

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

ducks
backyard
family
cute
love
pets
visitors
quack
cartharsis
ducklings

Collection (Dublin Core)

Environment

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HIST 30060 University of Melbourne Syllabus

Exhibit (Dublin Core)

Pandemic Pets>Our Wild Animal Friends

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/09/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/17/2021
03/09/2021
07/02/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

07/10/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Australian Collection

This item was submitted on November 9, 2020 by Joseph Moorhead using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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