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Name
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Russell Island
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Type of carceral site
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Other
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Quote
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I thought Russell would be what you expect of an island - peaceful, isolated, good for my thoughts, but it's not. It's a centre of activity, the company is a good way along to completing the 'Australia2' project for the government by the 2028 deadline.
Short Story, Speculative Fiction.
Neervan, Ellen van. "Water". Heat and Light. University of Queensland Press, 2014, pp. 69-123, p. 70.
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President Sparkle is determined to leave her legacy on native title. A second 'country' is being built, by using the islands off southern Moreton Bay. [...] The re-forming company are going to create new land between the twenty or so islands off the Brisbane coastline, joining them to create a super island. This is where Aboriginal people can apply to live. In the application criteria they are required to show how they have been removed or disconnected from their country - priority given to those who don't even know where they've come from. [...] The community will be effectively self-governed, like the Torres Strait.
Short Story, Speculative Fiction.
Neervan, Ellen van. "Water". Heat and Light. University of Queensland Press, 2014, pp. 69-123, p. 73-74.
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I find a vantage point where I can see most of the island and the sea stretched around it. I stay there as long as I can, what can I do? It's a dying place, more or less. The beauty is dying - all around - the industry is strangling it. The wires they are putting under the sea and the water they will pump away will destroy all of this.
Short Story, Speculative Fiction.
Neervan, Ellen van. "Water". Heat and Light. University of Queensland Press, 2014, pp. 69-123, p. 107.
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Contact
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Niamh
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identifier
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SITE-RUSS