A cavalcade of motorhomes has arrived in the far-western NSW town of Wilcannia, where about one in seven of the population has tested positive for COVID-19.

As of Sunday, 98 people in the town of 745 people had contracted the virus.

Last week, Indigenous photographer Rhett Wyman’s photo of Catherine Bugmy being forced to wash her clothes in the river made the front page. Today on Please Explain, photographer Nick Moir joins Bianca Hall to discuss what’s happening in Wilcannia and how that front-page photograph came about.

A cavalcade of motorhomes has arrived in the far-western NSW town of Wilcannia, where about one in seven of the population has tested positive for COVID-19.
As of Sunday, 98 people in the town of 745 people had contracted the virus.
Last week, Indigenous photographer Rhett Wyman&rsquo;s photo of Catherine Bugmy being forced to wash her clothes in the river made the front page. Today on&nbsp;Please Explain, photographer Nick Moir joins Bianca Hall to discuss what&rsquo;s happening in Wilcannia and how that front-page photograph came about.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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