Description |
260 pages ; 23 cm |
Summary |
One of the central moral issues of our time is the question of asylum seekers, arguably the most controversial subject in Australia today |
Notes |
Contributors: Rodney Hall, Geraldine Brooks, John Tranter, Elliot Perlman, Debra Adelaide, Sue Woolfe, Dorothy Hewett, Robin de Crespigny, Christos Tsiolkas, Denise Leith, Raimond Gaita, Gail Jones, Les Murray, Arnold Zable, Stephanie Johnson, Kim Scott, Judith Wright, Rosie Scott, Bella Vendramini, Kathryn Heyman, Ouyang Yu, Alex Miller, Fiona McGregor, Judith Rodriguez, Anna Funder, Eva Hornung, and Tom Keneally |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Asylum, Right of -- Government policy -- Australia.
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Asylum, Right of -- Australia -- History.
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Asylum, Right of -- Australia -- Psychological aspects.
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Asylum, Right of -- Australia.
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Detention of persons -- Australia.
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Human rights -- Australia.
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Noncitizens -- Government policy -- Australia.
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Refugees -- Fiction.
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Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
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Refugees -- Poetry.
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Refugees -- Australia.
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Short stories, Australian -- 21st century.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504
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Subject |
Illegal immigration -- Government policy -- Australia.
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Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Fiction.
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Author |
Keneally, Thomas, editor
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Scott, Rosie, 1948- editor
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ISBN |
9780670077465 (paperback) |
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