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‘Are There any Poor People Here?’: Immigrants, Aborigines, and Multicultural Perceptions
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Rolls, M, Are There any Poor People Here?': Immigrants, Aborigines, and Multicultural Perceptions, The Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia, 5, (1) pp. 36-44. ISSN 2013-6897 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
This overview paper highlights the urgent need for research in an area of national significance. The often disputatious debate vis-à-vis the history and legacy of contact and conflict between colonists, settlers and Aborigines is for the most part framed in ways that serve to exclude a significant proportion of Australian’s post World War II non-Anglo immigrant population. Terms characteristic of the debate—such as black/white, coloniser/colonised, Anglo/Aborigine, invader/invaded—are not inclusive of more recent immigrants, who for a range of disparate reasons fall outside the delimiters of these terms. Addressing Aboriginal disadvantage, achieving proposed constitutional reform, and establishing the foundations upon which mutual understandings and empathy can be built necessitates a more inclusive approach and language than that taken to date. In order to progress beyond the bluff binaries and stagnation of the dominant discourse, a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between all cross sections of the immigrant population and Aboriginal affairs is required. This paper sketches this need.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Ethnic Minorities, Aborigines, Postcolonialism |
Research Division: | Indigenous Studies |
Research Group: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history |
Research Field: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology |
UTAS Author: | Rolls, M (Dr Mitchell Rolls) |
ID Code: | 98854 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2015-03-05 |
Last Modified: | 2015-05-13 |
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