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Multiethnic Australia : its history and future / Celeste Lipow MacLeod.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0786425229
Author	MacLeod, Celeste Lipow, 1931-
Title	Multiethnic Australia : its history and future / Celeste Lipow MacLeod.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, c2006.
Description	xii, 226 p. : ill., ports., maps ; 23 cm.
Note	Includes index.
Bibliography	Bibliography: p. 217-220.
Contents	Before the British -- Convicts and colonists -- Class conflicts with unexpected outcomes -- Spreading across the land -- Dispossessed : the indigenous people -- A place in two cultures -- Immigrants and "White Australia" -- A multiethnic nation -- Diversity and dissent -- Embedded legacies -- Turbulent times -- Asian connections -- Which way ahead?
Summary	"After once trying to keep its population White and predominantly British, Australia reversed course. Since 1947 it has absorbed five million immigrants from some 240 countries. This book examines why immigration policies changed, the conflicts they caused and the benefits they brought"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects	Australia -- Ethnic relations -- Government policy
	Australia -- Race relations -- Government policy
	Multiculturalism -- Australia
	Immigrants -- Australia -- History
	White Australia policy
	Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Call number	305.800994 MAC

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A00538079	305.800994 MAC	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .