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Mount Isa: 820 km west of Townsville, 160 km from the Northern Territory border, 350 km south of the Gulf of Carpentaria Situated on the traditional lands of the Kalkadoon people- 'the elite of the Aboriginal warriors of Queensland’ 1884 over 200 massacred at "Battle Mountain" by settlers and police How can the streets of Myanmar and Mount Isa help us to better understand homelessness?

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tobetterunderstandhomelessness?

MountIsa:• 820kmwestofTownsville,160kmfromtheNorthernTerritoryborder,350kmsouth

oftheGulfofCarpentaria• SituatedonthetraditionallandsoftheKalkadoonpeople- 'theeliteoftheAboriginal

warriorsofQueensland’• 1884over200massacredat"BattleMountain"bysettlersandpolice

HowcanthestreetsofMyanmarandMountIsahelpustobetterunderstandhomelessness?

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FirstStrategy:SeeThinkWonderwww.pz.harvard.edu/projects/visible-thinking

1. Whatdoyouseeobserve,noticeasyouwatchthe

film?

2. Whatdoyouthink isgoingon

inthefilm?

3. Whatdoesthefilmmakeyou

wonder?

Source:‘Lifeasastreetkid:Thura's story’(2mins)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTEwEaPtuN0ChildFund Australia,Publishedon20Aug2014.

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SecondStrategy:CircleOfViewpointsRoutinehttp:www.visiblethinkingpz.org

Brainstormalistofdifferentperspectivesandthenusethisscriptskeletonto

exploreeachone:

IAMTHINKINGOF…homelessnessinMtIsa...FROMTHEPOINTOFVIEWOF...the

viewpointyou’vechosen

ITHINK...describethetopicfromyourviewpoint.Beanactor--takeonthe

characterofyourviewpoint

AQUESTIONIHAVEFROMTHISVIEWPOINTIS...askaquestionfromthis

viewpoint

StoriesfromMtIsaSixshortfilmscreatedbyCentaCareandJETZAk abouthomelessnessinMt.Isa.

TERRY - youngindigenousmanUNCLECLIVE - respectedelderMICK – localtruckdriverCHRIS - teamleaderatCentacareCLAUDINE – soupkitchenvolunteerCAROL – nolongerhomeless

https://vimeo.com/channels/homelessness/videos

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ThirdStrategy:ConnectExtendChallengehttp:www.visiblethinkingpz.org

1. HowistheinformationpresentedintheimageCONNECTED towhatyoualreadyknow?

2. WhatnewideasdoyougetthatEXTEND orpushyourthinkinginnewdirections?

3. WhatisstillCHALLENGING orconfusingforyoutogetyourmindaround?Whatquestions doyounowhaveabouthomelessnessinMtIsa?

Source:Macintrye,E.(2017,April4).YPAhostscookoffforyouthweekinMtIsa.TheNorthWestStar.

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LinkstothehomelessnessissueinAustralia• HomelessnessgrowingworseinAustralia,censusdatashows.ByJoannaCrothers.Updated14Mar2018,5:45pm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-14/homelessness-in-australia-jumps-14pc-over-five-year-period/9547786

• Thinktherearenohomelesspeopleinyourarea?Thinkagain.InteractiveDigitalStorytellingteamByCatherineHanrahan.Updated21Mar2018,9:58am

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/homelessness-mapped-australia-by-suburb/9551556

• Sleepingroughisnotourpath.Tyrena Punjaub knowsplentyofhomelessteenagersinMountIsa. 11April 2013,6:56pm

http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/04/11/3735184.htm?site=northwest

• YPAhostscookoffforyouthweekinMountIsa.4April2017,12:41pmhttps://www.northweststar.com.au/story/4576611/youth-week-gets-cookin/