1st Edition
Sanctuary? (Routledge Revivals) Remembering postwar immigration
By Catherine Panich
Copyright 1988
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the ten years immediately following the Second World War, some 170 000 immigrants from Europe and Britain arrived in Australia. First published in 1988, this unique book recreates the experiences of those who fled a ravaged Europe to seek a new life in far-distant Australia. Their stories are told in the words of the people themselves, supplemented with photographs, documents, press reports... Read more
Part 1: In Transit 1. Displaced Persons 2. Australia? 3. Southward Bound 4. First Impressions Part 2: Just an Ordinary Town 5. A Very Basic Army Hut 6. Community on the Fringe 7. Child’s Play 8. Food and Friction 9. The Status Quo 10. A Unique Experience Part 3: New Australians 11. A Mobile Workforce 12. The Last Convicts? 13. The Language Prison 14. Australia is Different 15. The Migrant Experience 16. Here to Stay.
Biography
Panich Catherine
