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  Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Living in a material world
 
Randa Abdel-Fattah writes about what it means to be an Australian Muslim today, in the face of discrimination based on misunderstood perceptions about extremism.
Format: pdf | Size: 180 KB | Length: 11 pages | Date Added: 15 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Abdullah, Tazin
Not Without Her Make-Up
 
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.
Format: pdf | Size: 52 Kb | Length: 3 pages | Date Added: 21 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Abood, Paula
Criss-cross Dressing the Orient
 
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.
Format: pdf | Size: 352k | Length: 5 pages | Date Added: 25 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Adam, Enid and Hughes, Philip J.
Buddhists in Australia
 
An excerpt from a 1996 report by the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research on Buddhism in Australia, and on the many forms of the religion brought here by different migrant groups.
Format: pdf | Size: 212K | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 25 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Alcorso, Caroline and Brennan, John
ESL - A Major Equity Program
 
On the eve of the 1986/87 federal Budget, this article examines the crucial role of the English as a Second Language program in New South Wales schools, and the difficulties the State government would face in funding it if the Commonwealth went ahead with cuts.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Alcorso, Caroline
Migrant women, marginality and public policy
 
In this 1995 article, Coordinator of the NSW Working Women’s Centre, Caroline Alcorso, discusses why developments in industrial relations policy have done little to advance the working conditions of non-English speaking background women.
Format: pdf | Size: 224K | Length: 3 pages | Date Added: 25 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Alcorso, Caroline
Newly arrived immigrant women in the work force
 
A section of this 1989 report which reviews the literature - academic, community-based, and government - about migrant working women in the 1970s and 80s.
Format: pdf | Size: 405K | Length: 10 pages | Date Added: 25 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Alcorso, Caroline; Castles, Stephen; Collins, Jock; Gibson, Katherine and Tait, David
Shop Full of Dreams: Ethnic Small Business in Australia
 
The first chapter of a 1995 book which documents the experiences of immigrants involved in small business - both the dreams and the nightmares - and places them in the wider national and international social and economic contexts.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 29 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Alien Immigration Commission
Social and Economic Effect of Increase in Number of Aliens in North Queensland
 
A 1925 government report which expresses fears about non-English-speaking immigrants, and recommends caution in choosing who should be accepted, and measures for those already in the state.
Format: pdf | Size: 3.1 MB | Length: 28 pages | Date Added: 20 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Andreoni, Helen
"Outside the Gum Tree" - the visual arts in multicultural Australia
 
Segments of this 1992 report put out by the National Association for the examining the experiences, difficulties and practices of overseas-born visual artists of non-English speaking background.
Format: pdf | Size: 404K | Length: 11 pages | Date Added: 27 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Anmar, Abu
Survivors of the SIEVX
 
From the transcript of a videotape of survivors of the SIEVX disaster at Bogor, Indonesia in the week following the shipwreck. By Abu Anmar, of the Australian Aal Al Bayt Centre and Imam Muhammad Al-Sumyany. Translated by Keysar Trad of the Lebanese Muslims Association.
Format: doc | Size: 22 kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 22 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  ANTAR
ANTaR - Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation Website
 
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation is an independent, national network of mainly non-Indigenous organisations and individuals working in support of justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.
Format: pdf | Size: 240 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 19 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Anti-Racism Resources
List of anti-racist groups
 
A list of Anti-Racism groups and resources.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Antonios, Zita
Raising the issue of race
 
On the 20th anniversary of both the ECC of NSW and the Racial Discrimination Act, Race Discrimination Commissioner Zita Antonios reviews the passage of the Act in 1975 and its application since, but says there is still much to achieve to eliminate racism in Australia.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Armstrong, Helen
Mapping Migrant Memories: crossing cultural borders
 
Excerpts from Helen Armstrong’s article on the places valued by migrant Australians from Teaching Heritage
Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 16 July 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Aroney, Manuel
A Question of Rights
 
Amid indications of the possible demise of the Human Rights Commission as part of the 1986 Federal Budget process, the commissioner Manuel Aroney argues the importance of preserving the organisation, saying the money saved would be very little, but the social cost would be great.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Arts Nexus
Arts Nexus
 
An edition of a magazine put out by Arts Nexus, an organisation for arts and cultural development in Far North Queensland.
Format: pdf | Size: 3.1 MB | Length: 36 pages | Date Added: 01 May 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Arts Queensland
Marketing Cultural Diversity
 
An Arts Queensland publication, providing advice for practitioners of the arts on marketing their work to people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the broader community.
Format: pdf | Size: 450 KB | Length: 32 pages | Date Added: 05 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Arts Queensland
Multicultural Arts
 
A government booklet which outlines the grants provided by Arts Queensland through its Multicultural Communities Arts Program, and a list of the groups and projects which received funding in 2003-04.
Format: pdf | Size: 190 KB | Length: 9 pages | Date Added: 01 May 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Ashton, Paul
On the Record: a practical guide to oral history
 
Excerpts from Paul Ashton’s discussion of the value of oral sources in constructing histories from teaching heritage
Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 16 July 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Ashton, Paul
On the Record: a practical guide to oral history
 
Excerpts from Paul Ashton’s discussion of the value of oral sources in constructing histories from teaching heritage
Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 16 July 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  ATSIC
ATSIC - The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Website
 
This is the official website for ATSIC, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.
Format: pdf | Size: 174 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 19 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Attorney-General's Department
Racial Hatred Bill Fact Sheet
 
A fact sheet put out ahead of the Racial Hatred Act coming into force in 1995, covering issues such as how the legislation will work, why changes are required and freedom of speech.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  AusAID
AusAID: Globalisation and the Aid Program
 
Read about Australia's commitment to assist developing countries affected by globalisation.
Format: pdf | Size: 112 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Australia Council for the Arts
Arts for a Multicultural Australia, 1998
 
The objectives of the 1998 Australia Council Policy on Australian Arts and Cultural Diversity.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australia Council for the Arts
Arts for a Multicultural Australia: Policy Principles 1996-99
 
The 1996 version of the Australia Council's policy on Arts for a Multicultural Australia, which seeks the promotion of cultural diversity as integral to all Council priorities, and policy and program initiatives, while removing it as a council priority.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australia Council for the Arts
Arts in a Multicultural Australia: Policy Objectives
 
Extensive consultations with artists and arts workers revitalises the Council's Multicultural Advisory Committee in 2002. Arts in a Multicultural Australia policy is launched and includes a 5-year strategic plan for three key areas: skilling, promotion and engagement.
Format: doc | Size: 25 kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 27 February 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Australia Council for the Arts
Policy on Arts for a Multicultural Australia
 
The 1993 version of the Australia Council’s policy in this area, a policy which was initiated in 1989 with the stated aim of supporting and developing the artistic activities of people of non-English speaking background.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australia Council for the Arts
“Don’t give up your Day Job”: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia
 
An economic study of professional artists in Australia
Format: doc | Size: 21 kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 27 February 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Australia Council for the Arts (MAV)
Mix It Up on Cultural Citizenship
 
Multicultural Arts: Cultural Citizenship for the 21st century Transcripts: Mix It Up project presented by Milos Milandinovic, The Arts Centre; Ruth Rentschler, Deakin University; Stefan Romaniw, Multicultural Arts Victoria. Presentation made by Multicultural Arts Victoria to symposium on Multicultural Arts for the Australia Council at Parliament House, Canberra
Format: pdf | Size: 139 KB | Length: 6 Pages | Date Added: 18 January 2011 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian APEC Study Centre
What does globalisation mean to Australia?
 
A summary of pro and anti-globalisation arguments.
Format: pdf | Size: 52 Kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Broadcasting Authority
Australian Content Standard
 
Excerpts from the Australian Content Standard in effect from the beginning of 1996, set out by the ABA, which regulates the amount of Australian content on commercial television.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
...About Woomera
 
A transcript from the Four Corners TV program.
Format: pdf | Size: 148 KB | Length: 11 pages | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Bordertown
 
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.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Interview: MacPhee
 
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.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Kuraby Mosque after the fire
 
Link to the transcript of an ABC interview with Mohammad Abdalla, in which he outlines the role in educating the community about Islam that the Kuraby Mosque has taken on since it was rebuilt, after an arson attack in 2001.
Format: pdf | Size: 48 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 09 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australian Key Facts
 
61% of Australians born in an overseas country are from a non-English speaking country says the 2001 census. See the comparitive statistics in the table.
Format: pdf | Size: 8 kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Bureau of Statistics and Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research
Birthplace of the Australian Population, 1991 and 1996
 
Population figures according to birthplace by region and country, derived from census figures from 1991 and 1996.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Bureau of Statistics
Population in a decade of globalisation
 
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures on the country's resident population, their sex and country of birth, from 1991 to 2001.
Format: pdf | Size: 41 KB | Length: 1 sheet | Date Added: 14 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Bureau of Statistics
Queensland's population diversity
 
Australian Bureau of Statistics historical data on Queensland from colonial status in 1859 to Federation.
Format: pdf | Size: 66 KB | Length: 4 pages | Date Added: 09 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Bureau of Statistics
Queenslands population diversity
 
Australian Bureau of Statistics population data on Queensland from the mid-1950s to 2003.
Format: pdf | Size: 282 KB | Length: 13 sheets | Date Added: 04 May 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Bureau of Statistics
Queensland's population in the first half of the 20th century
 
Australian Bureau of Statistics data on where immigrants to Queensland came from, and overall numbers in the state from 1901 to 1947.
Format: pdf | Size: 171 KB | Length: 9 sheets | Date Added: 03 May 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Bureau of Statistics
Unemployment and participation rates
 
Figures derived from the Bureau of Statistics on unemployment and participation rates, by birthplace, from 1986 to 1995.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Council on Population and Ethnic Affairs
Multiculturalism for all Australians
 
A 1982 report by the Ethnic Affairs Task Force of the Council, under the Chairmanship of Jerzy Zubrzycki, which sets out what it calls a “charter for our developing Australian nationhood,” emphasising that multiculturalism must be understood to apply to all, not just to ethnic groups.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Ethnic Affairs Council
Australia as a Multicultural Society
 
The submission by the Council to the Australian Population and Immigration Council on its 1977 Green Paper on immigration and population, which suggests guidelines for immigration and settlement policies appropriate to a multicultural Australia.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Federal Police
National Security Public Information Campaign - Print Advertisement
 
Print advertisement from the National Security Information Campaign, September 2004.
Format: pdf | Size: 124 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 18 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Film Commission
Strategic Plan 1995-1998
 
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.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Film Finance Corporation and Department of Communications and the Arts
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 |
 
  Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs
AIMA Publications List and Projects Undertaken
 
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.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs
Evaluation of Post Arrival Programs and Services – Summary
 
An evaluation in 1982 by the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs of the implementation of the Galbally Report three years after it came out finds much to praise, but also points out failings and recommends ways of overcoming them.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs
First Annual Report 1979-1980 – AIMA
 
The Introduction to the First Annual Report, 1979-1980, of the Institute of Multicultural Affairs outlines the legislation establishing the Institute and summarises the activities of the first year in setting up the body according to that legislation.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs
Future Directions for Multiculturalism
 
Excerpts from the Final Report of the Council of the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs in 1986, which express concern over a change of direction in government strategy and offer recommendations for future policies on multiculturalism.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party Multiculturalism policy
 
Australian Labor Party Multiculturalism policy, 1996 from Teaching Heritage
Format: doc | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 16 July 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party – Immigration Policy, 1966
 
While praising the contribution of European immigrants to Australia, the ALP’s 1966 immigration policy, quoted in the ALP Year Book (NSW branch) for 1967 states the party’s continuing opposition to a multi-racial society.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Labor Party
Multicultural Australia
 
An excerpt from a Labor Party policy document “Multicultural Australia” in which the ALP lists its achievements and promises in the area, ahead of the 1996 Federal Election.
Format: pdf | Size: | Length: | Date Added: 30 March 2002 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Multicultural Foundation
AMF Home Page
 
The AMF Home page opens up the full range of projects and initiatives.
Format: pdf | Size: 71 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 05 July 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Multicultural Foundation
AMF publications
 
After 1996 the national government reduced support for research on multiculturalism - including closing the Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research. The AMF supports innovative research on issues of multiculturalism and making diversity work for Australia.
Format: pdf | Size: 42 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 05 July 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Multicultural Foundation
Muslim Youth in Australia
 
A 2005 Forum for young Muslim Australians identifies critical issues of widespread alienation and also their desire to contribute to Australian society.
Format: pdf | Size: 100 KB | Length: 3 pages | Date Added: 06 July 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Multicultural Foundation
Religion, Cultural Diversity and Safeguarding Australia
 
This ground-breaking report shows how the AMF saw many of the most difficult issues of today, and prepared for them - here a report from how Australian communities are dealing with religious diversity.
Format: pdf | Size: 42 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 05 July 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Multicultural Foundation
The challenges of religious diversity
 
AMF Chair Sir James Gobbo reflects on the relationships between the Abrahamic faiths - Judaism, Christianity and Islam, in this 2004 talk.
Format: pdf | Size: 240 KB | Length: 19 pages | Date Added: 05 July 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Australian Multicultural Foundation
Volunteers and the community
 
Communities depend on volunteers to meet many social needs - and here are strategies for mainstream organisations to involve ethnic communities, and ethnic communities to build their own capacities.
Format: pdf | Size: 160 KB | Length: 6 pages | Date Added: 05 July 2006 | | VIEW |

 
 
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