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In the pages of Kon’s notebooks, there are stories for all Australians
In the pages of Kon’s notebooks, there are stories for all AustraliansThere are two notebooks.
The covers are blue, and worn at the edges. One book is falling apart, the spine held together by tape.
Both are 168 pages long, and each contains lists of names, one to a line, numbered and dated.
The first entry, back in 2001, records the name of the first person who sought help from the newly-founded Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
The final entry is numbered 7579. The second book, which starts where the first ended in 2012, is filling up…
In the pages of Kon’s notebooks, there are stories for all AustraliansThe number of people who have received assistance from the ASRC is now approaching 15…