They cannot take the sky : stories from detention / editors: Michael Green and André Dao ; associate editors: Angelica Neville, Dana Affleck and Sienna Merope.
Publication details: Crows Nest NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2017.Description: xv, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781760292805
- Refugees and human rights -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Political refugees -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Illegal aliens -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Detention of persons -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Aliens -- Institutional care -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Alien detention centers -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Refugees -- Australia
- Refugee camps -- Australia
- Illegal aliens -- Australia
- Alien detention centers -- Australia
- Detention of persons -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Aliens -- Institutional care -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Refugees -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Refugees and human rights -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Political refugees -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Illegal aliens -- Australia -- Anecdotes
- Australia -- Emigration and immigration
- Australia -- Emigration and immigration
- Australia -- Emigration and immigration
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 325.21 THE | Available | 066038 |
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"A behind the wire book"--Cover.
"Foreword by Christos Tsiolkas"--Cover.
They Cannot Take The Sky is an oral history project documenting the stories of men, women and children who have experienced Australian mandatory detention over the past 23 years. It seeks to bring a new perspective to the public understanding of mandatory detention by sharing the reality of the people who have lived it...Through in depth interviews with current and ex-detainees, it captures narrators' histories, experiences of seeking protection in Australia and the detailed reality of mandatory detention...Working with narrators, these interviews are then edited into first person narratives that take the form of literary short stories.