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BA2840/1715: Father Savio Nguyen tends to his bonsai plants at St Pauls Catholic Church, Karratha, 30 March 2020
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BA2840/1716: Father Savio Nguyen in front of the closed St Pauls Catholic Church, Karratha, 30 March 2020
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BA2840/1717: The Haynes family set up camp in Discovery Caravan Park, Karratha after being forced to leave Exmouth by the local Ranger because they might bring COVID-19, 30 March 2020
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BA2840/1718: Carley Haynes with Roy and Daniel Haynes with Rose in camp at the Discovery Caravan Park, Karratha, 30 March 2020
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BA2840/1719: The full Discovery Caravan Park in Karratha, 31 March 2020. The photographer's car and camp at right
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BA2840/1720: Darren Clark's camp with en-suite facilities after the photographer is moved because the communal bathrooms are closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, Karratha Discovery Caravan Park, 1 April 2020
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BA2840/1721: Karratha Police check that COVID-19 social-distancing restrictions are observed at the Discovery Caravan Park, 1 April 2020
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BA2840/1722: Deidre Adlam with her partner Jason Hartley caught in Karratha by the imposition of intrastate regional borders to control COVID-19, 5 April 2020
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BA2840/1723: Jason Hartley and Deidre Adlam in camp at the Karratha Discovery Caravan Park, 5 April 2020
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BA2840/1724: Jason Hartley and Deidre Adlam in camp at the Karratha Discovery Caravan Park, 5 April 2020
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BA2840/1725: Karratha, 6 April 2020
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BA2840/1726: St Paul's Catholic Church, Karratha, 6 April 2020
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BA2840/1727: Social-distancing rules in place at Karratha Woolworths, 11 April 2020
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BA2840/1728: The City of Karratha closes parks and playgrounds to prevent the spread of COVID-19, 12 April 2020
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BA2840/1729: A street in the suburb of Baynton West in Karratha where everyone has a boat and caravan, 12 April 2020
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BA2840/1730: Nigel Kroonstuiver working on his boat in front of his home in Baynton West, a suburb of Karratha, 12 April 2020
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BA2840/1731: Nigel Kroonstuiver working on his boat in front of his home in Baynton West, a suburb of Karratha, 12 April 2020
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BA2840/1732: A sparsely populated Discovery Caravan Park in Karratha after many are forced to leave because of COVID-19 regulations. At Easter the park would usually be full. 12 April 2020
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Summary
Unable to work in local Aboriginal communities as planned, the photographer documents the effect of the coronavirus (COVID) on the town of Karratha. He talks to travellers struggling with the closure of caravan parks as well as locals whose lives have been changed by the crises. Includes an interior of the Notorious Cuts Barbershop showing social-distancing in place with two of the five barber chairs not being used.
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Title and captions from information supplied by photographer.
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- COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- COVID-19 (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Priests -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- View more on SLWA catalogue
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