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Author Scott, Rosie, 1948- editor

Title A country too far : writings on asylum seekers / edited by Rosie Scott and Thomas Keneally
Published Melbourne, Victoria : Viking, 2013
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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.
Asylum, Right of -- Australia -- History.
Asylum, Right of -- Australia -- Psychological aspects.
Asylum, Right of -- Australia.
Detention of persons -- Australia.
Human rights -- Australia.
Noncitizens -- Government policy -- Australia.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
Refugees -- Poetry.
Refugees -- Australia.
Short stories, Australian -- 21st century.
SUBJECT Australia -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504
Subject Illegal immigration -- Government policy -- Australia.
Genre/Form Poetry.
Fiction.
Author Keneally, Thomas, editor
Scott, Rosie, 1948- editor
ISBN 9780670077465 (paperback)