Making multicultural Australia | Teacher and student resources on multiculturalism, cultural diversi

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Web Name: Making multicultural Australia | Teacher and student resources on multiculturalism, cultural diversi

WebSite: http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au

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e-Learning and the Classroom A growing collection of 'downloadable' useful files, including simple graphic PowerPoint files for classroom presentations ... more ... The Purpose of this Site One of Australia's leading sources of quality educational resources on multiculturalism. Teaching resources and strategies to understand cultural diversity and tolerance. More than 3500 pages of articles, research, teacher guides, lesson plans, audio interviews, video clips, Australian multicultural artworks. more ... What's New on this Site New Timeline screens There are new sections in the Timeline: Victoria's cultural diversity Victoria's resurgent diversity Embarking on the post-war reconstruction of Australia, the Government abandoned its earlier fixation with “Britishness” and actively pursued a mass migration program from Europe, championed by the first federal Minister for Immigration, Arthur Calwell. More... Making multiculturalism work By the late 1980s the Labor government had established a strong ethnic affairs policy, with close links to the labour movement. It had created support for various organisations such as migrant workers’ centres in some of the major trade unions. More... Victoria's Changing Communities By 2006 the top ten source countries for migrants to Victoria were: India, New Zealand, China (not including SARs and Taiwan), U.K., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Sudan and Afghanistan. More... Art and Cultural Diversity in Victoria Cultural diversity is often experienced and expressed through the arts, Whether it be in the performances at inner city venues such as La Mama or Boite, or in the Victorian Art Centre's Mix it Up program, the arts build community, open up understanding, and challenge prejudices. More... Colonial Queensland ... The first recorded contact by Europeans with Queensland was by the Dutch ship Duyfken in 1606 near Weipa on the Gulf of Carpenteria. Queensland's Island trade ... The growing resentment among Europeans against non-Europeans, focusing in Queensland on the Chinese, the South Sea Islanders and to a lesser extent the Japanese, had already found expression in the 1885 Election Act. Assimilating into Queensland society ... Federation brought many cultural changes to the new state, not the least of which was an inflow of immigrants from southern Europe who replaced the Islander and Asian workers in the sugar industry. Queensland's emerging diversity ... The 1970s were a time of dramatic change in Australian society. White Australia had been abandoned by governments of both conservative and Labor perspective, and policy changes following Australia’s experience with the Colombo plan meant that permanent Asian immigration would begin. Queensland's multicultural turn ... Since the early 1990s Queensland governments have become increasingly involved in advancing the benefits of cultural diversity to Queensland. Combating racism in Queensland ... The settlement of northern Australia was part of an expanding drive by white Europeans to invade and take control of lands that had belonged to Indigenous peoples for millenia. Timeline: Individual timeline screens, each with audio commentary, images, video and supporting documents. This Generation Steps toward reconciliation ... Islam ... the Australian Multicultural Foundation ... more ... Chinese-Australian History (1788-1988): View a detailed visual presentation of the history of Australia's Chinese community (1788-1988) through the Australian Museum's 50-metre long Harvest of Endurance . Harvest of Endurance more ... multicultural Documents Search by document category to read collections of Articles, Book Excerpts, Charters, Exhibition Texts, History, Information Kits, Information Pamphlets, Legislations, Letters, Media Statements, Parliamentary Debates, Policy, Publicity, Reports, Speeches, Statistics, Strategy, Submissions, Audio and Video Transcripts. ... or by subject - Contemporary History, Cultural Studies, Demographics, Early History, Economics, Education, Human Rights, Immigration, Indigenous Issues, Languages, Legal Issues, Media Studies, Politics, Religion, Sociology, The Arts. more ... New research is added by Dr Andrew Jakubowicz of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).

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