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Asylum Seekers & Refugees
October 27, 20172

Interview with Blackwood Circle of Friends convenor: Tricia Rushton

Last week, I spoke to Tricia Rushton, the current convenor of the Blackwood Circle of Friends, a support group for refugees and asylum seekers. The Circle of Friends was...

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Migration
October 20, 20171

My grandfather’s legacy: from general merchant to something more

I always thought of my maternal grandfather as a wealthy man but digging deeper I learn that he was a small town migrant kid who became prosperous enough to provide temporary...

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The Curious Scribbler
Book progress update
October 19, 20170

An Interview with MacArthur ‘Genius’ Jason De León — Longreads

‘Anthropology is what people leave behind. It could be as recent as this morning.’ ‘Smugglers are complex human beings.’ To paraphrase this classically...

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The Curious Scribbler
Asylum Seekers & Refugees
October 18, 20170

Rohingya in Singapore – not advisable?

Last week, I shared Theophilus Kwek’s article where he suggested that even though Singapore is a small country, it can try to find creative and mutually beneficial ways...

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Book Dedication by Malcolm Fraser
Asylum Seekers & Refugees
October 13, 20174

Hosting New Migrants: on the capacity to welcome

When we first arrived in Adelaide, we stayed in a two-bedroom unit off Goodwood Road. My sister’s old school friend had arranged for us to live there while the...

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The Curious Scribbler
Book progress update
October 12, 20170

A time to plant, and time to pluck up what is planted.

Thank you Susanne Timpani – I didn’t know this story behind Newman’s Nursery. I love the place and have lovely memories of enjoying high tea there surrounded...

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The Curious Scribbler
Book progress update
October 9, 20170

Rohingya in Singapore?

  BY THEOPHILUS KWEK Over 400,000 Rohingya have fled persecution in Myanmar since August, the latest episode in a cycle of conflict and displacement that has afflicted...

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Migration
October 6, 20173

Laundry on Life: thoughts on privacy and friendship

  The old house in Malaysia had laundry lines strung across the first floor balcony. Through a small latched gate in the balcony railing, I could step off the balcony,...

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