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  Dang, Caroline Ho-Bich-Tuyen
Identity and Change
 
A talk by visual artist Caroline Dang at a 1996 public forum on art and culture based on the Vietnamese- Australian experience, in which she tells of the confusions and the benefits of dual identity and explores the role of multiculturalism in her artistic work.
Format: pdf | Size: 229K | Length: 3 pages | Date Added: 25 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Deakin, Alfred
Commonwealth Parliamentary Debate - The case for national racial unity
 
The words of Alfred Deakin, then Attorney-General in the Commonwealth Government, in Parliament in September of 1901, in support of a White Australia policy.
Format: pdf | Size: 153K | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 25 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Deane, William
Multiculturalism and Reconciliation in Australia
 
In November 1996 the Governor-General Sir William Deane makes a plea for tolerance and mutual respect, saying anyone who attacks the qualities which underpin multicultural Australia diminishes the whole nation.
Format: pdf | Size: 217K | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 25 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Deane, William
Understanding and implementing good governance for Indigenous communities and regions
 
Read Sir William Deane's speech at the 2002 Conference on Indigenous governance
Format: pdf | Size: 134 kb | Length: 5 pages | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Dellal, Hass
Hass Dellal on his childhood
 
Hass Dellal describes being the Australian in Turkey and the Turk in Australia as part of his childhood.
Format: pdf | Size: 17.6 MB|360x286 | Length: 06min43sec | Date Added: 03 April 2009 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Communications and the Arts and Australian Film Finance Corporation
Australian Film Finance Corporation
 
The mission statement, strategy for recruitment and career development of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, and access and equity policy of this government investment agency in film and television.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Education and the Arts, Queensland Government
Asian-Australian studies
 
A link to a section of the Queensland Department of Education and the Arts website that outlines the aims of the study program on Asia and Asian-Australian relations undertaken in the state's schools.
Format: pdf | Size: 44 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 21 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Education and Training Australia
Racism no way
 
Link to the Queensland section of a Commonwealth initiative to combat racism in schools, containing a list of programs in the state with similar goals and the links to them.
Format: pdf | Size: 37 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 08 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Education and Training Australia
Spotlight on Racism
 
Community leader Evelyn Scott tells of her experiences of racism and gives advice on how to deal with it, from the "Racism no way" website.
Format: pdf | Size: 239 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 08 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Education and Training Australia
Torres Strait Islanders
 
Information on the Torres Strait Islander community, from the Commonwealth Department of Education and Training's "Racism no way" initiative.
Format: pdf | Size: 95 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 08 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
Fifty Years of Post-War Migration
 
A fact sheet outlining a brief history of Australia’s post-war migration program, issued in 1995 on the 50th anniversary of the program.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
National Consultations on Multiculturalism and Citizenship
 
A report on the results of public consultations across the country in 1982 on questions of multiculturalism and Australian citizenship, which according to the main author, Jerzy Zubrzycki, found widespread support for multiculturalism, though some continuing opposition.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Achievements of the Good Neighbour Movement 1949-72
 
A summary by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs of the Good Neighbour Movement, its growth, its activities, and changes to its role from its founding in 1949 to 1972.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
Living in Harmony - an overview
 
This document is the Government’s outline of the antiracism education and awareness campaign, released at the launch of the campaign.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Australian Multiculturalism for a New Century: Towards inclusiveness
 
In 2003 over 40 languages other than English are taught in Australian schools. Read in this document about the key commonwealth Lote programs. Web reference: http://www.immi.gov.au/multicultural
/_inc/publications/nmac/chapt_3d.htm
Format: doc | Size: 45 kb | Length: 9 pages | Date Added: 01 March 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Fact Sheet: Migrant Community Services
 
Fairfield MRC Webpage - In 2003 a network of 30 MRCs (migrant resource centres and 4 MSAs (migrant service agencies) in all states and territories provides information and support for overseas-born residents of Australia, particularly for recent arrivals. An example of a the services and activities of a MRC in 2003.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 01 March 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Fact Sheet: Over Fifty Years of Post War Immigration
 
A Fact Sheet containing facts and statistics on Australia's immigration after World War Two.
Format: pdf | Size: 32 Kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 21 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
The Wacol Migrant Centre, 1949-1987
 
Introduction to a book comprising the stories of some of the thousands of people who lived for a time at the Wacol Migrant Centre, near Brisbane, over its nearly 40 year existence.
Format: pdf | Size: 110 KB | Length: 4 pages | Date Added: 24 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of State Development, Queensland
Commitment to overseas markets reaps rewards
 
An example of calling on the skills and knowledge of the state's culturally diverse population to help do business, citing the successes of a developer of library management systems in Asia.
Format: pdf | Size: 301 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 20 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation
Key export markets
 
Link to a Queensland Government webpage outlining key export markets for the state, including Australia's Asian and Pacific neighbours, and further linking to information about specific markets.
Format: pdf | Size: 48 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 20 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Department of State Development, Trade and Innovation
Queensland's exports
 
A government information sheet on the state's exports in 2004/05, including to significant Asian markets, showing the importance of these to the Queensland economy.
Format: pdf | Size: 66 KB | Length: 4 pages | Date Added: 20 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Departments of Employment Services and Youth Affairs; and Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs
Ministers announce national policy on languages
 
Media release in 1987 from federal Ministers Mick Young and Clyde Holding on funding for various components of the National Policy on Languages, and the establishment of an advisory council on languages and multicultural education.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Diafrix
Diafrix MySpace page
 
Diafrix My Space page explores the music of the group, their influences and their fan relationships.
Format: pdf | Size: 29 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 12 January 2011 | | VIEW |
 
  Dickinson, Jan and Dignan, Don
The Italian community
 
A history of Italian migration to Queensland, from the late nineteenth century to the present day, from a 2001 state government publication.
Format: pdf | Size: 1.2 MB | Length: 14 pages | Date Added: 24 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Dignan, Don and Dickinson, Jan
The Italian community
 
A history of Italian migration to Queensland, from the late nineteenth century to the present day, from a 2001 state government publication.
Format: pdf | Size: 1.2 MB | Length: 14 pages | Date Added: 24 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Dodson, Patrick
Reconciliation at the Crossroads
 
The Chairperson for Aboriginal Reconciliation tells the National Press Club where the process stands in April 1996, and presents five proposals to put the nation more firmly on the track to reconciliation.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Downer, Alexander
Globalisation or Globaphobia: Does Australia have a choice ?
 
Speech by The Hon Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the National Press Club, Canberra, 1 December 1997.
Format: doc | Size: 30 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 20 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Dunn, Kevin and Forrest, Jim
Queensland racism: a graphical analysis
 
Attitudes towards cultural diversity in different parts of the state are mapped and analysed, based on information from a 2001 survey.
Format: pdf | Size: 159 KB | Length: 3 pages | Date Added: 08 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Dunne, Clare
AIMA Axed
 
AIMA Council member Clare Dunne deplores the government decision in the 1986 Budget to shut down the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs, especially in view of the uncertainty surrounding its proposed replacement.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Dunstan, Don
Ending of White Australia by Don Dunstan - 2
 
Hear Don Dunstan former premier of South Australia describe the ending of the White Australia plank of the ALP Platform.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: 20 secs | Date Added: 20 April 2009 | | VIEW |

 
 
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