A line in the sea

Race and Class

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 23-39

  Perera, Suvendrini ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0036392458     PISSN: 03063968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306396802044002973     Document Type: Review

References (28)

1. Joseph Conrad, 'Author's Note', Lord Jim (New York, Norton, 1968), p. 2. Further references to this edition are given after quotations in the text.
2. Paul Kelly, 'How PM's ship came in', Australian (22-3 September 2001), p. 29. See also James Jupp, 'Australia's refugee and humanitarian policies' in William Mayley and others, Refugees and the Myth of the Borderless World (Canberra, Department of International Relations, RSPAS, 2002), pp. 38-9.
3. Paul Kelly, 'How PM's ship came in', Australian (22-3 September 2001), p. 29. See also James Jupp, 'Australia's refugee and humanitarian policies' in William Mayley and others, Refugees and the Myth of the Borderless World (Canberra, Department of International Relations, RSPAS, 2002), pp. 38-9.
4. David Marr, 'Still adrift', Sydney Morning Herald (22-3 September 2001), p. 32.
5. Paul McGeough, 'When the poor cry freedom and sell their souls to people smugglers', Sydney Morning Herald (4 September 2001), p. 1.
6. On Australian invasion narratives, see David Walker, Anxious Nation (St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1999), pp. 98-112.
7. See Ian Henderson, 'PM warns of anger if boatpeople let in', The Australian (17 October 2001), p. 5.
8. On the post September 11 experiences of Muslims in Australia, see Omeima Sukkarieh and Mia Zahra, 'Silence that speaks and dreams that cry!' http://www.international,activism.hss.uts.edu.au/w violence/.
9. James Smith, 'Canada tries to remain a refuge for the persecuted', Sydney Morning Herald (9 September 2001), p. 4.
10. On the limits of human rights, see Angela Mitropoulos, 'The barbed end of human rights' and Suvendrini Perera, 'What is a camp?', Borderlands 1.1 at 〈http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au〉.
11. On the limits of human rights, see Angela Mitropoulos, 'The barbed end of human rights' and Suvendrini Perera, 'What is a camp?', Borderlands 1.1 at 〈http://www.borderlandsejournal.adelaide.edu.au〉.
12. See Suvendrini Perera and Joseph Pugliese, '"Racial suicide": the relicensing of racism in Australia', Race & Class (Vol. 39, no. 2, 1997), pp. 1-20.
13. Katherine Shine, 'PM outraged as arson destroys Brisbane mosque', Sun Herald (23 September 2001), p. 3.
14. See Henry Reynolds, This Whispering in our Hearts (St Leonards, Allen & Unwin, 1998).
15. 'Refugees in the media', Refugee Council of Australia seminar with Claire Harvey, Greg Wilesmith and Catherine Lumby, Red Cross House, Sydney, 4 September 2001; see also Robert Garran, 'Defence force in a secrecy bunker', Weekend Australian (27-8 October 2001). p. 4.
16. 'Refugees in the media', Refugee Council of Australia seminar with Claire Harvey, Greg Wilesmith and Catherine Lumby, Red Cross House, Sydney, 4 September 2001; see also Robert Garran, 'Defence force in a secrecy bunker', Weekend Australian (27-8 October 2001). p. 4.
17. The programme, 'An inside story', was broadcast on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) TV on 13 August 2001. The transcript can be accessed at 〈www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s344246.htm〉.
18. Tony Birch, The last refuge of the "un-Australian" ', The UTS Review (Vol. 7. no. 1, 2001), pp. 17-22.
19. Wadjularbinna, 'A Gungalidda grassroots perspective', Media Release (25 September 2001).
20. Debra Jopson, 'Rattled Ruddock gets the refugee treatment', Sydney Morning Herald (17 August 2001).
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22. See, for example, April Pham, 'Refugees, Arabs and Asians: keep them all out - a call from the government', Speaking Out (No. 9, 2001), p. 18, and Minh Bui, 'Alone on an empty sea', Sydney Morning Herald (1 October 2001). An exhibition, 'The Boat', held at the Asia-Australia Art Centre in Sydney's Chinatown in October 2001 also made similar connections.
23. See, for example, April Pham, 'Refugees, Arabs and Asians: keep them all out - a call from the government', Speaking Out (No. 9, 2001), p. 18, and Minh Bui, 'Alone on an empty sea', Sydney Morning Herald (1 October 2001). An exhibition, 'The Boat', held at the Asia-Australia Art Centre in Sydney's Chinatown in October 2001 also made similar connections.
24. Extract from the programme for the Seymour Group and Citymoon production, Soft silk . . . rough linen lua ong . . . vai tho. Performed in Sydney at Sidetrack Theatre, 4 August 2001.
25. Bernard Cohen, 'Aliens', Westerly (No. 4, 1993), pp. 33-8.
26. On the neo-colonial expansionism of the 'Pacific Solution', see Mary-Louise O'Callaghan, 'Refugee solution spills trouble across Pacific', Weekend Australian (24-5 November 2001), p. 10, and Greg Fry, The "Pacific Solution"?' in Mayley and others, op. cit., Refugees and the Myth of the Borderless World, pp. 23-31.
27. On the neo-colonial expansionism of the 'Pacific Solution', see Mary-Louise O'Callaghan, 'Refugee solution spills trouble across Pacific', Weekend Australian (24-5 November 2001), p. 10, and Greg Fry, The "Pacific Solution"?' in Mayley and others, op. cit., Refugees and the Myth of the Borderless World, pp. 23-31.
28. The documentary Troubled waters', broadcast on SBSTV on 26 March 2002, examines the stories of Indonesian fishermen imprisoned in Australian jails, contrary to the principles of the international law of the sea, on charges of violating of Australian waters. The treatment of the fishermen - burning their boats, denying them access to legal advice, imposing draconian fines and jail sentences - disturbingly parallels the punitive policies directed at asylum seekers and refugees.