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In World War II, Canberra signed a deal with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to incarcerate thousands of Jewish refugees from Nazi-controlled Germany, Austria and eastern Europe, in remote Australian prison camps.
Art in the plague year: when a painting is like a new sofa We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement In March last year a friend in Bangladesh forwarded a news item that said Australia’s borders would be closed until September. “Is it true!!!!” he exclaimed. I was sceptical and replied that neither the economy nor people’s limits of endurance would allow the closures to last that long. I thought we’d be flying again within a few months. It’s in such moments you discover you’re really an optimist. One mont...