Inside South Australia’s Indigenous quarantine camp

SBS granted access into a South Australian Indigenous quarantine camp, helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who are locked out of their remote homes due to the pandemic.

A South Australian Indigenous quarantine camp, for people who were locked out of their remote homes due to the pandemic. Source: SBS

About 300 kilometres north of Adelaide, in Kuyani [Country, a community-led initiative is hoping to save the lives and culture of those considered among the most vulnerable to coronavirus.

With many Aboriginal people displaced from their communities during the pandemic - and unable to return to their homes in remote areas- representatives from the Kokatha, Barngarla and Kuyani peoples knew they had to act. 

A South Australian Indigenous quarantine camp for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who were locked out of their remote homes due to the coronavirus Source: SBS

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