Photographs including Change the Date Rally and Yabun Festival in Sydney; 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires; COVID-19 lockdown, New South Wales; and South Sydney Rabbitohs supporters, by Lisa Hogben

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2014-2021

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21 photographs - digital, TIFF, colour
4 photographs - digital, TIFF, black and white
1 photograph - digital, JPEG, colour

SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FAITHFUL, 5-6 OCTOBER 2014, REDFERN, SYDNEY, N.S.W.
The series "The Faithful" was shot before, during and after the National Rugby League Grand Final of 2014. The streets surrounding the home base of the NRL team, the South Sydney "Rabbitohs" in Redfern, Sydney, were adorned by the local residents with the colours and regalia of "their footy team". Adorned in team colours, with red and green makeup and clothing, people came out to watch the football grand final on large screens in Redfern Park, located directly next to the small oval where the Rabbitohs regularly trained. It was 43 years since the Rabbitohs had won a grand final and many iterations of the competition in which it was played had occurred. But central to the teams success were the devoted fans and supporters, who had traditionally been the working class and Indigenous people of the southern inner city areas of Sydney. The grand final game was won by the Rabbitohs and the outpouring of joy was immense.

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An Indigenous Australian family proudly support the South Sydney Rabbitohs on the evening of their historic rugby league grand final win, Pitt Street, Waterloo, Sydney, New South Wales, 5th October 2014, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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A house in Redfern Street decorated for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, 5th October 2014, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Crowds gather at Redfern Oval in the post-match appearance of the South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league team, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, 6th October 2014, photograph by Lisa Hogben


SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM YABUN, 26TH JANUARY 2017, REDFERN TO VICTORIA PARK, SYDNEY, N.S.W.
The march from Redfern to Victoria Park in Sydney on the 26th January each year has grown out of protest against the celebration of Australia Day. For many First Nations peoples this is a day of mourning and the beginning of their dispossession from their land, family, cuture and spirtuality. Originally called Survival Day, people gather at Redfern Park to hold ceremony and see musicians perform. The gathering has grown in size, with the 2017 march estimated as the largest at that time. Thought to have attracted 10,000 people, the march concluded at Victoria Park and at the event now known as the Yabun festival where performers such as Jessica Mauboy, Warren H. Wiliams and Uncle Vic Simms took to the stage in a celebration of Aboriginal people and culture.

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Young women lead the Change the Date protest march near Redfern Station, Regent Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Change the Date protesters cross the bridge on Regent Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Uncle Lyle Davis is met by police as he walks in protest along Regent Street near Mortuary Station, Chippendale, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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An Aboriginal Australian woman leads a chant on a megaphone, Change the Date protest march, near Central Station, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Crowd of Change the Date protesters fill the streets of Sydney, New South Wales, near Central Station, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Police march beside young boys, women and children, Change the Date protest, George Street, near Central Station, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Police confront Change the Date protesters, Broadway, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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An Aboriginal Australian woman defiantly raises her hand in a salute to Aboriginal sovereignity, Broadway, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Young Aboriginal Australians with interlocked arms lead the Change the Date march through Broadway, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Gomeroi photojournalist Barbara McGrady (centre) photographing performers on stage at Yabun Festival, Victoria Park, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Gomeroi photojournalist Barbara McGrady takes backstage photos of Jessica Mauboy and Warren H. Williams, Yabun Festival, Victoria Park, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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The crowd dances as performers take to the stage at Yabun Festival, Victoria Park, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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The Salt Lake Band - Enungkwerrimanja from Groote Eylandt (Umbakumba), headline performers at Yabun Festival, Victoria Park, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Change the Date protestors, Broadway, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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First Nations dancers, Yabun Festival, Victoria Park, Sydney, New South Wales, 26th January 2017, photograph by Lisa Hogben


SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM BURNT, OCTOBER 2019 TO OCTOBER 2020, SNOWY MOUNTAINS, N.S.W.
As the drought of 2019 caught grip of N.S.W. and the arid red dust of the western districts was blown east, it became apparent to the residents of the Snowy Mountains that they too were being impacted by a dry spell to end all dry spells. As flames began to engulf forested areas of the Great Dividing Range in sub-tropical regions in the north of the state it seemed that it would only be a matter of time before the dry northerly winds would rain down the ash and embers of billions of native trees that had burnt and bring destruction to the normally verdant Snowy Mountains. The firestorms that eventuated in that dreadful season became known as Black Summer and no-one had ever seen the likes of the relentless spread and devastation they caused. Evacuation centres sprung up all over the state, while in the remote south eastern part, better known for its snow than the perishing infernos that transpired, people scrambled to leave their dwellings with their animals before the fires reached them. Burnt is a photographic record of my personal experience of leaving my home in the face of the oncoming Snowy Complex "Mega-fire", with my animals and evacuating firstly to Cooma Showground and then to a property that was a safer place than my own.

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Back country skiers cross the Snowy River below Charlotte Pass, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, with a backdrop of pink snow caused by a dust storm, 13th October 2019, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Dust turns the sky red during a snowfall at Grosses Plain, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, 8th November 2019, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Mark Layton takes his goats for some exercise at Cooma Evacuation Centre, Cooma Showground, New South Wales, 4th January 2020, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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My evacuated horses Erni and Bubba at Cooma Evacuation Centre, Cooma Showground, New South Wales, taken around 3 pm, 4th January 2020, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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A sign warns people to stay out of the areas burnt during the Black Summer fires, above the Eucumbene River, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, 18th September 2020, photograph by Lisa Hogben


SELECTION OF PHTOGORAPHS FROM KOVID KIDS, AUGUST 2021, GROSSES PLAIN, SNOWY MOUNTAINS, N.S.W.
As Australia faced a worsening crisis with low rates of COVID-19 immunisation and an unavailability of vaccines, New South Wales was plunged into a statewide lockdown in August 2021. While Sydney had been in hard lockdown for most of winter, the N.S.W. ski resorts in the Snowy Mountains had remained open catering to people in the regions and the ACT. As the lockdowns spread, the resorts closed and staff were terminated. Needing to vacate the resort-owned accommodation immediately some staff were unable to return to their places of origin due to border restrictions and elected to stay in the region.

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Home hair dyeing during COVID-19 lockdown, Grosses Plain, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, 16th August 2021, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Home hair dyeing during COVID-19 lockdown, Grosses Plain, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, 16th August 2021, photograph by Lisa Hogben

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Hanging out on the verandah in pyjamas during the COVID-19 lockdown, Grosses Plain, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, 17th August 2021, photograph by Lisa Hogben

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Lisa Hogben
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Lisa Hogben

Series statements devised by photographer.