matthew abbott 🔥🌏 Profile picture
Photojournalist based in Sydney. Represented by @panospictures and member of the OCULI collective
Sep 28, 2021 13 tweets 6 min read
No place in Aus has been hit harder by Covid than Wilcannia, a small outback town, a 10hr drive away from Sydney. In only two weeks, more than 1/10 of the town of 600 people had been infected with the virus. Soon, the number would approach 150, 90% being Aboriginal people. 1/12 Approx a week after the first cases emerged in Wilcannia, a birthday party while in isolation was held for Nathaniel Bugmy, who was turning 7. He spoke with his mother on FaceTime, as she was in an isolation camp on the outskirts of town. 2/12