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Multicultural Australia
Find out about Australia's cultural diversity - Where do we come from? What languages do we speak? What beliefs do we have? What does the future hold?

Australian Migration in the last 60 years  - examines the Australian-born community today and their multicultural background

Immigration - Federation to Century's end - pdf files with a short immigration history. Very good Timeline section

Statistical Information about Migration after 2000

Key Facts in Immigration - a brief summary of key immigration and migrant settlement statistics

What is Multiculturalism?  - excellent simple information from Ollie Saves the World (Australia) site.

Multicultural Australia Fact Sheets

Making Multicultural Australia - award winning site from NSW DET & BOS explores Australia's cultural diversity.

Jennifer's Language Page - find out how to say common greetings & phrases from hundreds of countries & regions around the world.

Stories from Migrants

Migrants to Australia have many interesting stories to tell. They add to the richness and diversity of the country.
The World in Sydney - ABC site. Sydney claims to be one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world and 702 ABC Sydney Breakfast wants to see if it's true. Video, Audio, Pictures & Stories.

Migration Heritage Centre - This NSW government site explores the experiences of contemporary migrants to Australia. An engaging and personal site.

From There to Here - a project of the NSW Community Languages Schools Program in the NSW DET. Young people interview a grandparent, older family member or community elder in the language they are learning. Easy to read, lots of stories to choose from.

My Life and Times  
Elisa's story (from Italy) Hana's story (from Czechoslovakia) Van Hoa Le's story (from Vietnam) Vesna writes about her new life
Jenny (from the Philipines) talks about getting used to a big city. Rene's story (from Chile) Getting Married - stories of life, love & culture in Australia today
From Latrobe University's Language Centre
New homes
Learn & Play: New Homes What does it feel like to leave your country and move far away to a new country? Learn about two 'displaced persons' who migrated to Australia from Europe after World War II and make a museum exhibition about their stories. National Museum of Australia Site

Crossing Cultures

My First Day in Australia -  5 short stories about their first day in Australia

Getting Used to Australian Ways - some funny stories. 

  • Hermila speaks Spanish & talks about some difficult sounds in English. 

  • Christina (from Colombia) talks about hand signals. 

  • Armineh talks about being embarrassed when she was asked to "bring a plate".

Esad talks about his first Aussie meat pie with sauce and the new word he learnt.

Vietnamese Weddings

Just Married - 4 stories of women who married then settled in Australia

Nada (from Lebanon)

 Xiao Man (Mandy) Yu Patricia (from Bolivia) Dan Yun (Linda) Cai (from China)

Getting Married - stories of life, love & culture in Australia today - from the Migrant Heritage Centre.

Chao Doan (from Vietnam) writes about large families

Anne's View from France

Narith's Shopping in Cambodia

Working in my home country and working in Australia

Alice (from China) , Aida and Goran (from Bosnia & Herzogovina) Jamila (from Afghanistan) , Irina (from Russia) , Man (from China Monirath (from Cambodia) , Elizabeth (from Bangladesh)

People Who Help Us
People Who Help Us - clickable worksheet
Community Groups

Research community groups within the Australian Community - a NSW CAP research module (HSIE Stage 2) This research looks at the work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the Salvation Army, the State Emergency Service, St John Ambulance, St Vincent de Paul, the Smith Family, Volunteer Rescue Association.

Use these links to find out about these community organisations
Royal Flying Doctor Service

Surf Life Saving Australia (Surf Club) FAQ's

Australian Emergency Services Volunteer Network - a full list of volunteer organisations state by state with links to their homepages.

NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES)

State Emergency Service in NSW (SES)

St Vincent De Paul in NSW (Vinnies)

NSW Rural Fire Service

Volunteer Rescue Association in NSW

Australian Red Cross

St John Ambulance

Salvation Army in Australia (Salvos)

The Smith Family

This page updated on 04/01/2008 .