Gandalf the Green and Gold: The Wizards of Aus as an Immigrant Story

When the wizard Jack and other magical beings, including a mummy and a man-shark, start taking up residence in Melbourne, the city is thrown into chaos – literally. It's this world-changing turn of events that provides the premise for The Wizards of Aus, an SBS series that is both comedic and – through its sharp satire regarding migration, assimilation and xenophobia – politically clever, writes Cavan Gallagher.

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