THE GROWING COHORT: HOMELESSNESS AND OLDER WOMEN IN GIPPSLAND
ABOUT
'The growing cohort: homelessness and older women in Gippsland was written, photographed and filmed by Alyssa Fritzlaff as part of her master's degree.
Alyssa is a journalist at the Warragul and Drouin Gazette and is currently completing a master of Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology.
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