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Chapter 1 Vietnam
March 29, 20190

Australia: Island of Refuge #5

Chapter 1 Vietnam Previously in State of Affairs: In the mid-morning stillness, my husband’s colleague Truc begins to describe the vague recollections he has of the...

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Chapter 1 Vietnam
March 22, 20194

Australia: Island of Refuge #4

Tremendous goodwill at a public lecture spurs me on and I take up a suggestion to try to interview a highly respected person in Adelaide, who came by boat, from Vietnam.

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Prologue
March 15, 20190

Australia: Island of Refuge #3

Previously: Mr Fraser answered Question Seven out of seventeen questions and qualified the assertion that Australia maintains the right to select who comes here –...

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Prologue
March 8, 20190

Australia: Island of Refuge #2

Previously: I ask Mr Fraser, ‘How did you know that it was good and right for people of different races to come to Australia in the 1970s when Australia was predominantly...

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Prologue
March 1, 20195

Australia: Island of Refuge #1

An Unexpected Opportunity ‘Is your book going to be very boring?’ She is half my age and she has asked me this without malice or humour, as if it were the only logical...

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