• Title
  Photographs of construction sites being shut down due to the introduction of new Covid-19 restrictions in Greater Sydney, 19 July 2021 / by Louise Whelan
• Creator
  Louise Whelan, 1967-
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  19 July 2021
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  9661552
• Physical Description
  4 photographs - digital, DNG, colour
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  On Saturday, 17 July 2021 the Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian announced that construction sites across Greater Sydney would be ordered to cease all non-urgent works for two weeks from Monday, 19 July 2021. The decision was taken to help limit the community transmission of Covid-19 during the outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant across Sydney.
  
  Reference:
  Library correspondence file
• Scope and Content
  This collection consists of 4 digital photographs of masked builders on the northern beaches of Sydney closing their buildings sites on Monday, 19 July 2021. The images reveal how unexpected the announcement was across the industry, with building materials left partially covered on a construction site along with tables, chairs and drink bottles still left out.
  
  1. Ben Hall from Coast Built Constructions packing up building site at Whale Beach, Sydney, NSW, 19 July 2021
  2. Building crew of Coast Built Construction locking the gate and closing down a building site at Whale Beach, Sydney, NSW, 19 July 202
  3. Builder closing the gate after securing a construction site at Palm Beach, Sydney, NSW, 19 July 2021
  4. Residential construction site at Whale Beach, Sydney, NSW, 19 July 2021
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: Louise Whelan
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Louise Whelan
• Subject
  COVID-19 (Disease)--New South Wales--Photographs.
  Construction workers--New South Wales--Sydney--Photographs.
  Building sites--New South Wales--Sydney--Photographs.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20518476

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