Father warned Australia would be a ‘prison’: Tragically, he was right
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When British diplomat and academic Francis Campbell accepted the job as vice-chancellor of Australia’s Notre Dame University in early 2020, his Irish father told him not to go.
“It’s a prison,” he said, remembering the fate of his Irish ancestors who never returned. Campbell assured his father that he would be back to visit two or three times a year, in keeping with the travelling life he experienced as an ambassador. But no sooner had he arrived, than Australia’s borders closed.