REFGUEE WEEK TALK HEARS FROM NAURU TEACHERS

Torquay Library marked Refugee Week last week by hosting an event with two teachers who taught on Nauru for four years. The talk, presented in association with Spring Creek Community House and Surf Coast Rural Australians for Refugees, featured Bronwyn McNamee and Gerry Baldock who were employed on Nauru from 2011 to 2015. The pair shared their experiences and their understandings of what is happening for refugees still on Nauru, those who have been moved from Nauru, and those who are in Indonesia on the way to Australia but were stopped by the “Boat arrivals will never settle in Australia” policy. The talk was one of several events held across the Geelong region during Refugee Week.