Item

satirical social commentary on state border closures and restrictions.

Title (Dublin Core)

satirical social commentary on state border closures and restrictions.

Disclaimer (Dublin Core)

DISCLAIMER: This item may have been submitted in response to a school assignment. See Linked Data.

Description (Dublin Core)

This satirical article by the Betoota Advocate is a social commentary on varying experiences of the coronavirus pandemic in different Australian states, specifically Victoria and Queensland, which speaks to my own experiences as someone who has lived in both states during Melbourne's second lockdown from July. The article mentions the general indifference or lack of sympathy towards Victorians, as NewsCorp and the general public have seen the second wave of cases in the southern state as being their own fault. This is something I noticed upon my return to Queensland in August, where the general rhetoric surrounding Victoria and their Premier Daniel Andrews' handling of the high number of cases in the state tended to be divisive. I had never heard of the term 'Dictator Dan' before returning to Queensland and people I knew were calling Victorians 'Mexicans', which I put down to the monopolisation that Murdoch media has over Queensland news. I saw these sentiments turn to sympathy as stage 4 lockdown set in, as Queenslanders realised the negative effects lockdown was having on Victorians. This also differed from the indifference I noticed when I first came back to Queensland, where most people seemed to have forgotten what lockdown was like and were living like everything was back-to-normal. As someone who experienced both lockdowns in Melbourne, as well as relatively normal life in Queensland, I definitely did not take the ability to travel, go out and see friends and family for granted, whilst also retaining deep sympathy towards everyone still in lockdown in Melbourne (which included many of my friends and some family).
HIST30060.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 30, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Errol Parker

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Jasmine Stephens

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

satirical online news article, from The Betoota Advocate.

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/queenslander-enters-terrifying-parallel-universe-where-he-feels-bad-for-people-in-victoria/
http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/queenslander-enters-terrifying-parallel-universe-where-he-feels-bad-for-people-in-victoria/

Publisher (Dublin Core)

The Betoota Advocate

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Conflict
English Education--Universities
English Emotion
English News coverage
English Travel

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

satire
border
Queensland
Victoria
Melbourne
lockdown
social commentary

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

satire
borders
Queensland
Victoria
lockdown

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HIST 30060 University of Melbourne Syllabus

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

11/10/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/21/2021
03/09/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Australian Collection

This item was submitted on November 10, 2020 by Jasmine Stephens using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

Click here to view the collected data.

New Tags

I recognize that my tagging suggestions may be rejected by site curators. I agree with terms of use and I accept to free my contribution under the licence CC BY-SA.