This is Our Story: Yanyuwa Experiences of a Pandemic

Dinah Norman; Jemima Miller; Mavis Timothy; Graham Friday; Leonard Norman; Gloria Friday; Adrianne Friday; Warren Timothy; Joanne Miller; Lettie Norman; Noeleen Raggett; Colleen Charlie; Carole Charlie; Miriam Charlie; Rhoda Hammer; Marlene Timothy; Peggy Mawson; John Bradley; Amanda Kearney

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This is Our Story: Yanyuwa Experiences of a Pandemic

Dinah Norman, Jemima Miller, Mavis Timothy, Graham Friday, Leonard Norman, Gloria Friday, Adrianne Friday, Warren Timothy, Joanne Miller, Lettie Norman, Noeleen Raggett, Colleen Charlie, Carole Charlie, Miriam Charlie, Rhoda Hammer, Marlene Timothy, Peggy Mawson, John Bradley, Amanda Kearney

Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

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This article presents a dialogue about the COVID-19 pandemic with Yanyuwa families from the remote community of Borroloola, southwest Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Australia.1 As we examine in a longer work, the coronavirus pandemic is one chapter in the history of pandemics in the region, from which Yanyuwa have born social and cultural consciousness around the threat and actuality of incoming sickness and loss of life, translating meaning and launching actions to safeguard their kin and the health of their community.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-40
Number of pages	7
Journal	Oceania
Volume	90
Issue number	S1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ocea.5263
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

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