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Originally Posted by supre  My turn: describe the experiences in Australia for a migrant group in the post war period. |
Italians
- Came by boat in the late 1940's as migrants and/or refugees, a pretty rough journey =P
- The Italians congregated like tribes, being close to each other in suburbs in Melbourne and Italian enclaves such as Leichhardt in Sydney xD
- Italian people were called 'daggos' because of their darker toned skin via the predominantly Anglo community then. Other insults were made on them based on their race... (not sure which ones but there were particular ones)
- Under the assimilation policy applied to immigrants and Aborigines, they were expected to drop their culture and traditions and follow the Australian way of life. It did not expect them to drop their language or religious views.
- The Italian migrant group experienced a lot of hardship in Australian society, and for workers, their qualifications were not recognized so therefore they had to take whatever work was possible. Many Italian people also had difficulty learning the English language.
Or I could do Chinese =P
- Much of the Chinese culture until the abolition of the White Australia policy was altered into a more Chinese-Australian culture due to the restrictions of Asian people as a whole migrating into Australia.
- The first major group of Chinese that came to Australia were ethnic Chinese from Vietnam. They came to flee persecution from the Communist Government. They often experienced hardships living and dealing with the language and the environment they were living in and tended to stick together as a community.
- Chinese Migrants from Hong Kong migrated from the period of 1984-1997, unlike the usual migrant convention (mom dad and children), the dad would still work in Hong Kong while the mom and children would live in Australia.
- Bob Hawke allowed 50,000 visas to allow Chinese students to stay in Australia in fear of the Communist Party of China following the event of the Tiananmen Square protests. This allowed potential dissidents such as Chen Yong Lin to seek a safe place from the People's Republic of China.
- Chinese have achieved success in many fields today, such as Terence Tao and his research of Mathematics, Bing Lee and the start-up of the Bing Lee business and Poh Ling Yeow =P as a master chef contestant xD
- From the 1990's, Chinese people came as skilled migrants or International Students. Many of the Chinese students took the places of such courses like Business, economics, engineering and the sciences and skilled migrants worked as doctors, professors, start-ups of coaching colleges/tutoring centers and other highly skilled professions.
- The Chinese in Australia have lead to the contribution of more diverse Chinese foods, such as Shanghainese, Sichuanese, Taiwanese and Qingdao cuisine xD
Okay next question...
Describe the political, social and cultural changes that happened throughout the late 1960s as a result of the Vietnam War.