Stories

Paddi Creevey spent a large part of her youth as a nun, before stepping away from religion to become a social worker and eventually going on to be a politician.

Alexandra is not a swimmer, nor is she involved directly in the Rotto Swim. Her passion for shipwrecks drove her to write this creative-non-fiction piece that imagines the story behind the Rottnest swimming legend, Herbert Voigt.

Katrina Porter is an Australian Paralympic swimmer, associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and active member of the North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club.

For Sayani Das, swimming has become two things: a way to make her country proud, and a public demonstration that girls can do anything.

Having completed the English Channel Swim, and a double crossing of the Rottnest Channel Swim, Peter set a new goal to improve his single crossing time. There’s just one small catch—he doesn’t like swimming

Peter Dowding was the 24th Premier of Western Australia. He has worked for several law firms during his career, specialising as a barrister in the areas of family and native-title law.

Susan Midalia is a writer and freelance editor who conducts workshops on short story writing.

Dennis Haskell is an Australian critic, poet and academic.

Islands of Home is the second series in Centre for Stories’ collection, The Indian Ocean. Written by Agustinus Wibowo, they bring to life intimate and telling moments of contemporary Indonesian society in five parts. In them, we reflect on history, ritual, politics, fashion and culture, all told in a perceptive and approachable voice. This is story three, "The Prisoners of the Border".