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... Victoria discovers multiculturalism - Listen to Professor Andrew Jakubowicz discuss the events and issues surrounding this topic. Read text commentary

Context

MMA Links: Immigration timeline - Explore the Immigration Museum's timeline of the 1970s and 1980s - More ...
Book Excerpts: End of White Australia - by Gwenda Tavan - Gwenda Tavan summarises her argument about the end of White Australia - More ...

Interviews:
Helen Light about her uncle Walter Lippmann - Helen Light reflects on her uncle Walter Lippmann's role in the development of multiculturalism - More ...

Interviews:
Hurriyet Babacan on key figures in issues of diversity in Melbourne - Hurriyet Babacan notes the central role played by Walter Lippmann in the develop of multiculturalism in Victoria - More ...

Interviews:
Importance of language as a part of immigrant rights - Joe Caputo stresses the importance of language as part of immigrant rights while discussing the 1974 Migrant Workers' Conference - More ...

Interviews:
Multiculturalism in the 1970s - Joe Caputo analyses the development of multiculturalism in the 1970s - More ...

Interviews:
Joe Caputo on the Cain and Kennett government - Joe Caputo describes the Cain and Kennett government approaches to ethnic issues in the 1980s and 1990s - More ...

Interviews:
Migrant Workers' Centres in multiculturalism - Joe Caputo locates the key role of Migrant Workers' Centres in the development of multiculturalism - More ...

Interviews:
Joe Caputo about ethnic groups and political parties - Joe Caputo describes the relation between ethnic groups and political parties - More ...

Interviews:
Trade unions and migrant workers - Joe Caputo discusses the complex relationship between trade unions and migrant workers - More ...

Interviews:
Joe Caputo about ethnic groups in wider politics - Joe Caputo describes the involvement of ethnic groups in wider politics - More ...

Interviews:
Success of the ECCV - Hakan Akyol assesses the factors in the success of the ECCV - More ...

Interviews:
Ethnic involvement in local government - Joe Caputo follows the development of ethnic involvement in local government - More ...

Interviews:
Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria (ECCV) and the ALP - Hakan Akyol discusses the relationship between the Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria (ECCV) and the ALP - More ...

Interviews:
Shifts in ALP from White Australia towards multiculturalism - Political scientist Jim Jupp describes the shifts in the ALP away from White Australia towards multiculturalism - More ...

Interviews:
Cain government's innovations in multicultural policy - Political scientist Jim Jupp summarises the Cain government's innovations in multicultural policy - More ...

Interviews:
Ethnic politics of the 1970s - George Lekakis describes the ethnic politics of the 1970s that gave rise to multiculturalism - More ...

Interviews:
Politics of the 1970s Greek community - George Lekakis describes the politics of the 1970s Greek community and its role in developing multiculturlaism - More ...

Interviews:
Migrant Resource Centres and their roles in the wider polity - George Lekakis explores the development of Migrant Resource Centres and their roles in the wider polity - More ...

Interviews:
Nuangwang Boonyante describes her migration to Australia from Thailand and what she found - - More ...

Interviews:
Nuangwang Boonyanate describes the diversity of Victoria and its education system responses - - More ...

Interviews:
Moss Cass describes the role of the ALP with ending the White Australia policy. - - More ...

Interviews:
Moss Cass describes the ambivalent attitude of the ALP in Opposition to Vietnamese refugees - - More ...

Interviews:
Bernard Korbman, as a teacher, describes the realities of a multicultural school and its communities - - More ...

Interviews:
Stephanie Lagos reflects on Greeks and othe ethnic groups in Melbourne political life - - More ...

Interviews:
Stephanie Lagos tells of her migration between Australia and Greece and back as a child - - More ...

Interviews:
Stephanie Lagos describes the crisis for working immigrants when Melbourne de-industrialised - - More ...

Interviews:
Eric Lloga describes the Albanian communities in Victoria - - More ...

Interviews:
Eric Lloga notes the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria role in the struggle for social justice - - More ...

Interviews:
Eric Lloga describes the conflict between the Good Neighbour Council and its successor the ECCV - - More ...

Interviews:
Eric Lloga stresses the public contribution of the Greek community in Melbourne to political change - - More ...

Interviews:
Eric Lloga on the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria's impact on social justice and equity - - More ...

Interviews:
Robert Manne describes his support for the Indo-Chinese refugees in 1976, and the community campaign - - More ...

Interviews:
Robert Manne analyses the Fraser government response to Indo-Chinese refugees - - More ...

Interviews:
Robert Manne on Petro Georgiou and the Fraser government policies on multiculturalism - - More ...

Interviews:
Nikos Papstergiadis talks of his (1984) essay on multiculturalism, with folkloric as a diversion - - More ...

Interviews:
Nikos Papastergiadis describes his involvement in Greek politics and community in Melbourne - - More ...

Interviews:
Jeff Sparrow describes the importance of the Ford Motor Company strike for multicultural ideas - - More ...

Interviews:
Michele Langfield describes the role of the ethnic rights movement from the 1950s to the 1980s - An exploration of the role of the churches, moving from welfare to activism. They took on a much more political role of advocacy - through the Ecumenical Migration Centre, and its journal Migration Action. - More ...

Interviews:
Hurriyet Babacan on Multiculturalism in Victoria in 1970s and 1980s - Social policy academic Hurriyet Babacan reflects on mutliculturalism as it was emerging in 1970s Victoria. - More ...

Interviews:
Concetta Benn reflects on the changes in Australian society and the acceptance of immigrants - - More ...

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Turkish Stories

Image Collections: Serap Ozdemir's Australian childhood - Follow Serap Baycan (now Ozdemir) from her arrival as a six year old in Australia as part of the first group of Turkish immigrants in 1969. - More ...

Interviews:
Relations between Turks and Greeks - Hakan Akyol reflects on the relations between Turks and Greeks in Melbourne - More ...

Interviews:
Structure and operation of the Turkish community - Hakan Akyol describes the structure and operation of the Turkish community and its various segments - More ...

Interviews:
Hakan Akyol describes his school years - Hakan Akyol describes his school years growing up in inner Melbourne - More ...

Interviews:
Hurriyet Babacan describes her Turkish childhood in Brunswick and the Turkish Greek relationships - - More ...

Interviews:
Serap Ozedemir describes her father's experience of work and racism in Australia - - More ...

Interviews:
Serap Ozdemir describes going back to Turkey as a child and her identity issues - - More ...

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Italian Stories


Interviews:
Laura Mecca describes her arrival in Australia in the late 1970s - Laura Mecca describes arriving in Australia in the late 1970s, and both the sense of isolation and the strategies she used to recreate social networks. - More ...

Interviews:
Joe Caputo about Left Italian group FILEF - Joe Caputo provides a history of the Left Italian group FILEF in the 1970s and 1980s - More ...
Miscellaneous Documents: Simone Battiston's analysis of Ignazio Salemi case - Read Simone Battiston's analysis of the Ignazio Salemi case. A FILE organiser, deported under the Fraser government in 1977 - More ...

Interviews:
Carlo Carli discusses the early involvement of young Melbourne Italians in the FILEF movement - - More ...

Interviews:
Maria Tence on migrant women and work - The role of research in uncovering the conditions of migrant women workers, as revealed in the report "But I wouldn't want my wife to work here". - More ...

Interviews:
Maria Tence describes how Italians increasingly engaged with Australian society and its institutions - - More ...

Interviews:
Maria Tence on the more conservative orientation of the Italian community - - More ...

Interviews:
Maria Tence describes her experience of being Italian in the Catholic school system - - More ...
History: Laura Mecca on emergence of the Italian Historical Society - Laura Mecca describes the emergence of the Italian Historical Society - More ...

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Chinese Stories


Interviews:
Idea of Chinatown - Mabel Wang discusses how the idea of Chinatown came to fruition - More ...

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Jewish Stories


Interviews:
Arnold Zable describes the Bund and SKIF, and post-Holocaust development of the Jewish community - - More ...

Interviews:
Bernard Korbman describes the role of music as a means of inter-cultrual communication in schools - - More ...

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Brunswick Stories

MMA Links: History of Moreland - Moreland City Council and Brunswick locality - More ...

Interviews:
Stephanie Lagos describes the attraction of Brunswick in a period of "full blown" multiculturalism - - More ...

Interviews:
Eric Lloga describes the ethnic involvement in the Brunswick ALP - - More ...

Interviews:
Eric Lloga reflects on the legacy of ethnic movements in the City of Moreland on multiculturalism - - More ...

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The Blainey Debate


Interviews:
Andrew Markus about Prof Geoffrey Blainey's claims about Australian immigration - Historian Andrew Markus assesses Prof Geoffrey Blainey's claims about Australian immigration - More ...

Interviews:
Nikos Papastergiadis on Geoffrey Blainey and multiculturalism - Cultural researcher Nikos Papastergiadis discusses Geoffrey Blainey's perspective and its impact. - More ...

Interviews:
Robert Manne on the Blainey debate and his role as editor of Quadrant - - More ...

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