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Social Distancing Goodville

An aerial view of a town. The town is split into nice and not-so-nice areas by a train line.

Leunig’s urban plan can bring to mind images of Melbourne’s public housing towers in hard lockdown. The coronavirus has revealed the extent to which inequality has increased in many wealthy countries. As the economic impacts and realities of living in poor urban areas are felt, we may not be ‘all in this together’ after all.

The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.

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