Alex Mendelssohn (1935 -2017)
“For Alex Mendelssohn, the isolated outback community built upon red earth, nicknamed ‘Mars on Earth’ presented the freedom he craved, far away from the shackles of politics, war, and bureaucracy of his early years. In a radio interview 6.30 with George Negus, Alex expressed the reason he called Andamooka his home: “You’re not controlled by councils and regulations and laws and rules. You do whatever you bloody like.”
“Where on earth you got places like Andamooka left now? Free…whatever you want to bloody do or go wherever you want to bloody go. Free from all the bands and chains… It’s a magnificent feeling. ”
A. Mendelssohn, ABC Broadcast, 2014
