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A multi-cultural society for the future
Grassby, Al |
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In this key 1973 paper, the Immigration Minister Al Grassby argues that ethnic pluralism is the most desirable philosophy for Australia as it moves towards the year 2000, and the most realistic given the experiences of immigration in the past. |
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Access and Equity Charter: The Charter principles
NSW Government |
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The Government's access and equity policies aim to ensure that government services meet the needs of Australian's irrespective of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds and help Australians of all backgrounds to have the opportunity to achieve their potential and participate fully in our society. |
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Format: doc | Size: 21 kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | |
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AIMA Publications List and Projects Undertaken
Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs |
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A 1983 listing indicating the kind of work the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs undertook, on its own or in cooperation with other organisations involved in migrant services. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | |
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Are YOU a racist?
Harrison, Donyale |
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A quiz on attitudes, included in a handbook Racism Sux published in 1995 by the University of Sydney’s Students’ Representative Council. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 31 March 2002 | |
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Arts Nexus
Arts Nexus |
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An edition of a magazine put out by Arts Nexus, an organisation for arts and cultural development in Far North Queensland. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 3.1 MB | Length: 36 pages | Date Added: 01 May 2006 | |
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Auditing Multiculturalism: the Australian empire a generation after Galbally
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Powerpoint of a presentation reflecting on the first 25 years of multicultural policy in Australia. Presented at the FECCA conference, December 2003 |
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Format: ppt | Size: 134 kb | Length: 19 slides | Date Added: 01 March 2004 | |
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Australian Citizenship Pledge and Certificate of Citizenship
Commonwealth of Australia |
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The Pledge new citizens make in declaring their loyalty to Australia, with two options in the wording, and the text from the Australian Citizenship Certificate. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | |
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Australian multiculturalism for a new century: Towards inclusiveness
National Multicultural Advisory Council |
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Read Neville Roach, Chair National Multicultural Advisory Council, report on Inclusiveness |
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Format: pdf | Size: 767 kb | Length: 137 pages | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | |
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Australia’s diversity: good for business
Office of Multicultural Affairs |
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Ten case studies of widely varied Australian businesses that have put productive diversity principles into practice and what they’ve gained as a result, published by the Office of Multicultural Affairs in |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | |
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BIMPR Projects and Publications
Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research |
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The final publications list from the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research (BIMPR) before its closure, covering all projects and publications up until August 1996, including those commissioned but still not completed. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | |
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Biography of Italian revolutionary and author Rafaello Carboni
Lorch, Jennifer |
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Read this short biography of Rafaello Carboni, historian of the Eureka uprising. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 52 KB | Length: 3 Pages | Date Added: 05 February 2009 | |
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Bordertown
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |
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A summary of the ten episodes of the 1990s ABC television drama series Bordertown which was based on the experiences of the many post-war migrants sent to reception camps as they awaited jobs. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | |
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Britishness in Victorian society
Sara Wills and Kate Darian Smith |
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Historians Sara Wills and Kate Darian-Smith write about the experience of Britishness in Victorian society |
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Format: pdf | Size: 276 KB | Length: 18 Pages | Date Added: 02 March 2009 | |
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Changing social institutions
Making Multicultural Australia Project Team |
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A brief description of some of the efforts to change the structures and institutions of government at various levels to prevent discrimination. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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Combating Racism and Prejudice
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Read the full range of materials on how to combat prejudice |
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Format: pdf | Size: 2 MB | Length: 169 Pages | Date Added: 10 March 2009 | |
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Community Relations Strategy
Making Multicultural Australia Project Team |
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A description of the Community Relations Strategy, initiated by the government as a commitment of the 1989 National Agenda for a Multicultural Australia. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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Criss-cross Dressing the Orient
Abood, Paula |
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The author of the performance the politics of belly dancing: a choreopoem writes in 1996 about the issues of culture, identities and the appropriation of cultural forms she addresses in the work. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 352k | Length: 5 pages | Date Added: 25 March 2002 | |
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Delivering Services for Diversity: Good Practice in EAPS
Community Relations Commission For a multicultural NSW |
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Read some examples of good practice in EAPS |
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Format: pdf | Size: 45 kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 01 March 2004 | |
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Ending of White Australia by Don Dunstan - 2
Dunstan, Don |
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Hear Don Dunstan former premier of South Australia describe the ending of the White Australia plank of the ALP Platform. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: 20 secs | Date Added: 20 April 2009 | |
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Fact Sheet: Migrant Community Services
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
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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. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 01 March 2004 | |
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FECCA Log of Claims, 1996 Federal Election Kit
Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia |
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Launched by FECCA ahead of the 1996 Federal Election, the log of claims lists issues on which it sought commitments from the major political parties on a wide range of policies affecting migrants. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | |
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Gigantic Step Forward
Migrant Workers’ Conference |
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A summary of the proceedings of the 2nd Migrant Workers’ Conference, held in Melbourne in 1975, describes the meeting’s achievements, chief among them, the setting up of a permanent body - the Migrant Workers’ Committee - to pursue migrant rights. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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History of Melbourne's Chinese restaurants
Nichol, Barbara |
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Barbara Nichols strolls through the history of Melbourne's Chinese restaurants |
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Format: pdf | Size: 416 KB | Length: 3 Pages | Date Added: 10 February 2009 | |
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Hmong Funeral in Australia in 1992
Falk, Catherine |
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n this paper Dr. Catherine Falk of Melbourne University’s Faculty of Music tells of the adaptations made by Hmong people living in Australia to their elaborate rituals, as she describes the events surrounding the funerals of three Hmong youths who died in a boating accident. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 394K | Length: | Date Added: 26 March 2002 | |
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Immigration - A Commitment to Australia: Terms of Reference
Committee to Advise on Australia’s Immigration Policies |
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Terms of Reference set by the Government in 1987 for the Committee and brief bibliographical information on the committee members, headed by Dr. Stephen FitzGerald. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | |
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Interview: MacPhee
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) |
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The transcript of an ABC radio interview, in which the Shadow Minister for Communications Ian MacPhee explains why he believes the merger of the SBS and ABC, included in the 1986 budget, is bad policy. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | |
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Introduction
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Read Prof Andrew Jakubowicz's introduction to the Making of Multicultural Australia |
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Format: doc | Size: 33Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 04 February 2004 | |
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Italian perspectives on Australian identity
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Read how Gaetano Rando explains Raffaello Carboni’s perception of Australia and Australian identity |
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Format: pdf | Size: 140 KB | Length: 21 Pages | Date Added: 05 February 2009 | |
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Key issues in Citizenship and Republicanism
Jayasuriya, Laksiri |
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Key issues in Citizenship and Republicanism by Emeritus Prof Laksiri Jayasuriya from Teaching Heritage
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Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 17 July 2002 | |
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List of anti-racist groups
Anti-Racism Resources |
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A list of Anti-Racism groups and resources. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | |
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LIVING DIVERSITY: AUSTRALIA’S MULTICULTURAL FUTURE
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) |
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Read the 2002 Living Diversity SBS survey showing multicultural uses of media. This study gives us a glimpse of the ‘diversity within diversity’ of Australians’
engagement with multiculturalism, their senses of identity and belonging, the
ways they engage with others of different backgrounds and their uses of media in a multicultural society |
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Format: pdf | Size: 354 kb | Length: 80 pages | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | |
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Moriah College: History and Heritage
Rutland, Suzanne |
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Excerpts from Suzanne Rutland’s case study of the Jewish school, Moriah War Memorial College
from Teaching Heritage
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Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 17 July 2002 | |
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MULTICULTURAL AUSTRALIA: UNITED IN DIVERSITY
Commonwealth of Australia |
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United in Diversity updates, reaffirms and strategises multicultural policy. It gives emphasis to promoting community harmony and the benefits of cultural diversity. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 536 kb | Length: 12 pages | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | |
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Myths about Migration and Australia
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Four often used statements to oppose immigration, and the reasons why – when examined - these do not add up. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 271K | Length: | Date Added: 26 March 2002 | |
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Nahan's Story
Various authors |
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Interview with Nahan, one of the many thousands of boat people Australia received during the 1970’s and 1980’s from Vietnam.
This interview was conducted by Oyvind Aas, Rebecca Hanlon and Sheree Went as part of the unit Online Journalism 1 at the University of Technology Sydney in 2001. |
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Format: doc | Size: 20 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 21 April 2004 | |
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National Days, Festivals and Celebrations
Equity and Diversity Unit University of Technology, Sydney; South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission and UNICEF |
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A selection of the major holidays and festivals celebrated by various multicultural and ethnic communities in Australia. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | |
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National Multicultural Marketing Awards
Community Relations Commission For a multicultural NSW |
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The National Multicultural Marketing Awards highlight the recognition and success of multicultural marketing. The Awards recognise the efforts of businesses and organisations that seek to harness the benefits of Australia’s cultural diversity. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 184 kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 01 March 2004 | |
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Not Without Her Make-Up
Abdullah, Tazin |
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This is a satire written to mimic articles,
reports and stories generally written about Muslim
women by women from Western non-Muslim backgrounds.
It is, to some extent, an attempt to convey to
the readers how it feels to be ’othered’ and to be judged
superficially in accordance with only one’s own perceptions. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 52 Kb | Length: 3 pages | Date Added: 21 April 2004 | |
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Notes on the Definition of “Ethnic”
Menart, Vladimir |
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In 1975, the deputy chairperson of the NSW Ethnic Communities’ Council, Vladimir Menart, discusses the different meanings of the word “ethnic”, and underlines the importance of a shared understanding of the term as a basis for the Council’s functioning. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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OMA Publications list
Office of Multicultural Affairs |
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The final publications list of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, cataloguing the work of the office, on its own or in conjunction with others, from its foundation to its closure in 1996. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | |
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Perpetrators of racism
Making Multicultural Australia Project Team |
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The identification of some of the groups which perpetrate racism in Australia. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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Peter Van Vliet on Changes in public life in Victoria
Van Vliet, Peter |
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Format: mov | Size: 4 MB|360x286 | Length: 01min31sec | Date Added: 21 April 2009 | |
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Racial Hatred Act: a guide for people working in the Australian media
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) |
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A guide published in 1996 explaining the implications of the Act for journalists and providing case studies to illustrate some of the important issues in the reporting of race matters. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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SBS Web Page
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) |
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SBS Webpage examples of the sort of material that can be found on the webpage in
December 1997 and December 2003. SBS launched the webpage in March 1995.
Sixty-eight languages are spoken on SBS Radio with programs in more than 60 languages broadcasting on SBS Television, and Online, SBS New Media provides text and audio-on-demand services in more than 50 languages. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | |
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SBS: Voice and Vision
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) |
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Voice and Vision portrays rich cameos of multiculturalism in the SBS brochure |
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Format: pdf | Size: 908 kb | Length: 13 pages | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | |
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School strategies to combat racism
Making Multicultural Australia Project Team |
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An indication of some of the programs that have been undertaken in schools to combat racism, with a focus on the Whole School Anti-Racism Project in New South Wales in 1995. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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Simone Battiston's analysis of Ignazio Salemi case
Battiston, Simone |
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Read Simone Battiston's analysis of the Ignazio Salemi case. A FILE organiser, deported under the Fraser government in 1977 |
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Format: pdf | Size: 4 MB | Length: 13 Pages | Date Added: 17 February 2009 | |
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Strategic Plan 1995-1998
Australian Film Commission |
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Segments of this plan by this federal statutory authority and development agency for the film industry, including its statement of purpose and strategies for Indigenous representation and for diversity and originality in film and television. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | |
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Strategic Plan 2001-2003
Reconciliation Australia |
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Format: pdf | Size: 586 kb | Length: 8 pages | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | |
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Terms of reference
Council for Multicultural Australia |
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New multicultural council is established. The CMA is established in July 2000 to implement the New Agenda of 1999. Read the terms of reference for the Council for Multicultural Australia. |
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Format: pdf | Size: 29 kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | |
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The Story of Fatima
Human Rights Watch |
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The Story of Fatima (not her real name)
taken from Human Rights Watch interview no. 6, Cisawa, Indonesia, April 11, 2002. It details her flight from Iraq. |
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Format: doc | Size: 33 Kb | Length: 5 pages | Date Added: 22 April 2004 | |
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Understanding Immigrants and the Labour Market
Brooks, Clive |
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A booklet by economist Clive Brooks, published by the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research in 1996 as part of its “Understanding...” series, looks into the impact of immigration on the labour market and of the experiences of immigrants within it. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | |
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Using the law...
Making Multicultural Australia Project Team |
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A summary and discussion of government action against racism through legislation, inquiries, and the establishment of the Human Rights Commission - later the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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Weblinks and References - Asylum Seekers
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Weblinks and references for further reading on asylum seekers |
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Format: doc | Size: 24 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 22 April 2004 | |
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Weblinks and References – Globalisation
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Weblinks and references on globalisation |
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Format: doc | Size: 26 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 20 April 2004 | |
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Weblinks and References – Refugees
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Weblinks and references for further reading on refugees |
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Format: doc | Size: 24 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 21 April 2004 | |
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Weblinks and References – The Vietnamese in Australia
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Weblinks and References for further study on the Vietnamese in Australia |
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Format: doc | Size: 24 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 21 April 2004 | |
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Weblinks and References: Islam
Jakubowicz, Andrew |
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Weblinks and references for further information on Islam |
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Format: doc | Size: 24 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 21 April 2004 | |
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Youth campaigns to combat racism
Making Multicultural Australia Project Team |
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A few examples of anti-racist campaigns directed at youth, most of who are at risk as perpetrators of racist violence. |
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Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 01 April 2002 | |
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‘Telling it like it is’
Taylor, Penny |
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Excerpts from Penny Taylor’s discussion of indigenous people’s perspectives on recounting the past
from Teaching Heritage
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Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 17 July 2002 | |
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