Illawarra COVID-19 Stories

Photograph Exhibition

This 2020 exhibition includes photos by members of Wollongong Camera Club, Wollongong City Council staff and the general public. The images help document how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting our community. They have been added to the library’s local studies collection where they will provide valuable insight for future researchers.

To view images and their captions, go to the slideshow below

or click on individual images within the gallery.

Online puzzles based on the images can be found here.

To see more images from the Wollongong City Libraries’ Illawarra Images collection or to order high resolution copies of images, go to:

Illawarra Images

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P26561 ‘Ruby Princess’ cruise ship leaving Port Kembla (Dawn Harriage)
P27012 Anzac Day at Austinmer Beach (Kirk Gilmour)
P27013 Anzac Day Austinmer Lewis Family (Jo Oliver)
P27014 ‘Carnival Splendor’ cruise ship off Austinmer (Kirk Gilmour)
P27015 Ruth & Tim posting reserved books Wollongong Library (Megan Owen)
P27016 Grace posting reserved books Wollongong Library (Megan Owen)
P27017 Filming online storytime Corrimal Library (Megan Owen)
P27018 Assessment clinic Wollongong Hospital (John Stephens)
P27019 Masks and Bicycles Wollongong Mall (Thompson Family)
P27020 What’s on at The Illawarra Hotel (Tim Hoevenagel)
P30088 Socially distanced coffee Break café Woonona (Ruth Brooks)
P30089 Call out at Otford Public School (Sue McIntyre)
P30090 Closed playground equipment Woonona (Ruth Brooks)
P30091 No toilet paper Thirroul IGA
(Jo Oliver)
P30092 Only touch what you intend to buy Thirroul IGA (Jo Oliver)
P30093 Play at home carton cubby (Jamine Salis)
P30094 No play near Quotes cafe (WCC)
P30095 Fairy tree isolation, Coledale (WCC)
P30096 Social distancing hand written sign (John Stephens)
P30097 GPT Wollongong (John Stephens)
P30098 Please wait here GPT Wollongong (John Stephens)
P30099 Wollongong Railway Station empty platform (Clara Sudarmo)
P30100 3D printers making face masks (UOW Innovation Campus)
P30101 Teddies Wollongong Central overpass (John Stephens)
P30102 Julie online storytime with dog (Ross Smith)
P30103 No acts of public worship until further notice (Clare Sudarmo)
P30104 Anzac stories left to read Thirroul war memorial (Jo Oliver)
P30105 We can still play golf
(John Stephens)
P30107 Austinmer Public School playground empty (Jo Oliver)
P30108 Service NSW queue
(Catherine Ryan)
P30109 Teddies at Thirroul (Jo Oliver)
P30110 Farmer’s Market Kiama (Joe Baez)
P30111 Coles Figtree queue markers (Catherine Ryan)
P30112 Tree Of Life store closed (Catherine Ryan)
P30113 Wollongong Beach with Ruby Princess Cruise Ship (Stacey Wales)
P30114 Wollongong Central food court closed (Thompson Family)
P30115 Wollongong Council building closed (Jo Oliver)
P30116 E-book with blue-tongue lizard, Coledale (Lizzie Buckmaster-Dove)
P30106 Signs near Austinmer pool (Jo Oliver)