The Age photos of the week, 10 October, 2021

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The Age photos of the week, 10 October, 2021

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Yoo-rrook Justice Comissioner Wergaia and Wamba Wamba elder Professor Eleanor Bourke.Credit:Justin McManus

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Josh Hardy and Eamon Sandwith from The Chats have collaborated with Adelaide-based Delinquente wines on a boxed wine / goon bag.Credit:Paul Harris

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Nayana Bhandari started a small grassroots organisation doing outreach to support Indian women experiencing domestic violence and works with the Northern Community Legal Centre on a project to help them.Credit:Luis Ascui

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Heidi Marfurt and Natalie Jamieson next to Costa their scarecrow in Thornbury. The scarecrow competition in Rossmoyne St, Thornbury has expanded to all of Darebin this year, giving residents a much needed break from lockdown. Some of this year's first entries include a spoof of ex-NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian and one of TV gardening guru Costa Georgiadis.Credit:Luis Ascui

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Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc. CEO Jill Gallagher with a new Aboriginal vaxx van.Credit:Joe Armao

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Karan White and her neighbourhood pantry in Hawthorn East, pictured with neighbours Frankie and Arlo. Neighbours are getting to know one another in lockdown.Credit:Paul Jeffers

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Zaynab Colan, pictured with her father Almir Colan, is a Year 12 student and is worried about returning to school just two weeks out from exams.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Alexander Rodrigues has begun a fellowship with the Australian Ballet to learn the difficult art of how to conduct a ballet orchestra.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Greg and Kate Seiz with their kids Poppy, Max and Edie. Property prices have soared in a string of school zones across regional Victoria, as tree-changers and local buyers compete in sought-after neighbourhoods with an eye on schooling options for their families. Greg and Kate bought a home in Belmont this year and like the neighbourhood and the schooling options for their kids.Credit:Jason South

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Harleen Singh fell down an alt-right rabbithole after laugh compilation videos on YouTube led her to anti-feminist content. Today she is a Plan International Youth Activist concerned about disinformation on social media.Credit:Jason South

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Melbourne's Tall Ship Enterprize (replica of the ship that founded Melbourne) has run out of cash due to COVID-19 restrictions. Volunteer ship lovers (L-R) Russell Newman, Kornelia Ring and Marcus Byron are keeping it afloat until she can set sail again when restrictions are lifted. Without volunteers to maintain the 1870s style sailing ship, she would have fallen into disrepair.Credit:Paul Jeffers

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Circus Oz Incubator fellowship artists Jess Love and Captain Ruin. Victoria has announced an exemption from lockdown to run rehearsals for the Arts Industry. Apparently it's just come through for major performing arts and big commercial shows.Credit:Joe Armao

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Lauren Elliott, pictured with her 3-year-old son Will, is concerned about the possibility of childcare returning to charging full fees while Melbourne is still in lockdown. If it happens she'll probably have to take her son out of childcare altogether.Credit:Paul Jeffers

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Gunditjmarra man John Clarke at Lake Keilambete with Mount Noorat in the background which was an important meeting place for Aboriginal people.Credit:Justin McManus

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Anthony, a Yarra Riverkeeper, is travelling by boat up the Yarra checking his traps for polystyrene pollution.Credit:Jason South

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Avenues of deciduous trees in Carlton Gardens would be replaced with more hardy species under a new master plan because of concerns about the impact of climate change on the World Heritage-listed site.Credit:Jason South

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After two months stuck at home, year 12 student Tafa Malumu was equal parts excited and scared to arrive at school last week.Credit:Simon Schluter

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12 year old Freya Mansfield receives a $1000 giveaway. Lord Mayor Sally Capp gaves away a bunch of on-the-spot $1000 prize giveaways for Melburnians getting vaccinated, as part of the City of Melbourne ongoing $50,000 vaccine heroes campaign.Credit:Joe Armao

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Mark Rubbo, Managing Director of Readings. Over 50 years since it was founded in 1969, Readings booksellers is planning to open its eighth store in the Emporium shopping centre in Melbourne CBD.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Tropical Pines grower Trudy Morgan at her pineapple farm on the Sunshine Coast. Australian pineapple growers are experiencing a bumper season, but a third of their usual customers aren’t buying due to COVID-19.Credit:Paul Harris

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Noel Uren and John Zakula are suing a wind farm operator over noise disturbance from Bald Hills Wind Farm.Credit:Justin McManus

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Trevor Wilson and his wife Liza, with son Jack and dog Harvey, are selling the family home in Sandringham and hope to settle by Christmas. The property market is heating up nationally in the lead up to Christmas and people need to buy now to get in before the festive season.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Glenroy College is operating a temporary pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic on school grounds, open to all members of the local community.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Aidan Mudge, 10, has been sleeping in his backyard in a swag since August 15, and has vowed to do so until lockdown ends.Credit:Eddie Jim

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