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A magazine of public affairs, the arts and theologyVolume 9 Number 7September 1999'He loved tospeculate,sometimes almostdangerously,from everyexperiment heperformed,seeking to derivegeneral n1eaningfrom resultswhich, in the firstinstance at least,are always highlyparticular andspecialised.'- Gustav Nossal onMacfa rl ane Burnet, see p22Cover design by Siobhan Jackson.Photograph of Sir MacfarlaneBurnet courtesy The Wa lter andEliza Hall Institute of MedicalResearch, Melbourne.Graphics pp5, 16, 18, 19, 20, 28,3 1, 43 by Siobhan Jackson.Photographs ppl0- 13 courtesyJon Green away.Photographs pp22- 27 courtesyThe Wa lter and Eliza HallInstitute of Medical Research,Melbourne.Photograph p35 by Barbara Leigh.Eureka Street magazineJesuit PublicationsPO Box 553Ri chmond VIC 3 12 1T el (03)9427 73 11Fax (03)9428 4450CoNTENTS4COMMENTWith Mark McKenna andFrancis Sullivan.7CAPITAL LETTER8LETTERS10TRAFFICKING IN PEOPLEJon Greenaway investigates thesupply side of illegal immigration.Andrew Hamilton questions Australia'sreception of 'illegals' and asylum seekers.16THE MONTH'S TRAFFICWith Edmund Campion, Hugh Dillonand Kathy Laster.17SUMMA THEOLOGIAE19ARCHIMEDESOur man turns the microscope onscientists, sex and boxer shorts.20THE STATE OF VICTORIAAs Victoria heads for elections,Moira Rayner takes stock.22SIR FRANK MACFARLANE BURNETSir Gustav Nossal on the science andcentenary of a distinguished Australian.28BLACK AND OTHER ARTSJim Davidson on what the GrahamstownFestival tells us about the newSouth Africa.3 1OBITUARYLinda McGirr salutesJennifer Paterson.32AFTER THE BIG WAVEPhotographic essay by Peter Davis.34INDONESIAN WITNESSPeter Mares interviews Ibu Sulami,activist, feminist and political survivor.37THE MANY ANXIETIES OFAUSTRALIA AND ASIADavid Walker's Anxious Nation:Australia and the Rise of Asia, 1850-1939shows how complex Australia-Asiarelations have always been, saysPeter Cochrane.40BOOKSPeter Craven reviews William Maxwell'sreissued novel, The Folded Leaf;Peter Pierce makes a m eal of ThomasHarris' Hannibal (p41 ).43THEATREAustralian theatre needsnatural therapy, argues Peter Craven.Geoffrey Milne surveys som e ofAustralia's winter offerings.45POETRY'Tadpoles' and 'Norfolk Island Pine'by Kate Llewellyn.48FLASH IN THE PANReviews of the films Tea With Mussolini;Eyes Wide Shut; Two Hands; My Nameis Joe; Playing by Heart andBedrooms and Hallways.50WATCHING BRIEF51SPECIFIC LEVITYV OLUME 9 NUMBER 7 • EUREKA STREET 3