migration

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John Lidstone Faculty of Education Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane Australia Is Australia Racist or a work in progress? A personal perspective Presented at Texas A & M University January 2002

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The Deep North

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Australia - Europe compared in terms of area

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Australia - Europe compared in terms of population

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Australia - USA compared in terms of population

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Meter Maids on the Gold Coast of Queensland ensure that holiday makers are not “booked” by the Police for parking offences

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….. and therefore is strongly influenced by relatively small forces

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National self esteem Social issues such as immigration and indigenous population Environmental issues + The economy The Republic

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The other countries in the study were: Spain Bulgaria Hungary Poland India Argentina Main issues of concern to citizens in twelve selected countries (after Newspoll/Cribb)

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National self esteem Social issues such as immigration and indigenous population Environmental issues + The economy The Republic

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Examines: Human settlement Biodiversity Atmosphere Land resources Inland waters Estuaries and the sea

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The summary of Human Settlement: Key threats to sustainability

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Issue Comment biodiversity.

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Comparing landscape modification in Australia with the USA

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National self esteem Social issues such as immigration and indigenous population Environmental issues + The economy The Republic

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South Africa

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Internal Migration in Australia

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"In its early days, multiculturalism was . .. an easy way of sorting out the 'liberals ' from the "conservatives". It. offered, especially to the eager young professionals who so readily embraced it, a cosmopolitan identity far more exciting than the “cultural cringe" which for so long had hung over the nation.”  Katherine Betts, The Great Divide, 1999 “Populate or Perish” Arthur Caldwell, 1945

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“It is a strange country … The intellectuals have always hated Australia and wished they were living in Europe. The folk have always loved it because it provided them with a lifestyle which was pleasant.” David Williamson, Australian Writer, 1985

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“We are xenophobic. We fear the outside world, especially generalised threats about “yellow perils and “red tides”. … We also have a broad streak of racism that emerges when we are asked what should be done about the boat people from Vietnam. “Turn the boats around and send the buggers back” is a common response from Labor and Liberal supporters alike”. Geoffrey Barker, Journalist, 1980

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"It's important to remember Australia before the most recent wave of migration. It was dull, self-satisfied and joylessly conformist ... Not merely mindless, but lobotomised.” Philip Adams 1980 “ wasteland. A nation of barbarians. A land without culture and interesting food ... Above all a country of suffocating boredom.” David Dale, 1990

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Australian attitudes to migrants constantly changes The Brisbane Courier Mail, April 28th 2001

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Australia and its Aboriginal peoples “our legacy of unutterable shame”

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The Weekend Australian, March 17, 2001, p. 24

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Olive Kennedy was taken from her mother in Tennant Creek in 1947 when she was three years old. In 1962, as a young, just married, woman, she decided to find her birth-mother.

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The Killing of History: How literary critics and social theorists are murdering our past”. Keith Windshuttle, 1996 “The other side of the Frontier” Henry Reynolds, 1981

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Where does Australia stand in the world in 2002?

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Uncomfortable thoughts

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National self esteem Social issues such as immigration and indigenous population Environmental issues + The economy The Republic

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The bionic ear: developed at Melbourne University in 1970s Ultrasound developed in 1961 The Story of the Ned Kelly Gang was the world’s first feature film Cardboard wine cask invented 1967 Black Box flight recorder, 1958 Spun concrete pipes for plumbing and sewage Surf Life saving clubs, 1906 Orbital combustion engine Stump jump plough 1870 Stripper harvester 1884 Electric motor/dynamo 1871 Antibiotics Ultrasound developed in 1961Plastic banknotes Blundestone Boots Speedos Worlds first round the world passenger service by QANTAS in 1958 The esky, 1950 The ute, 1934 Rotary washing line 1946 Some more or less significant achievements of Australia

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Perhaps Australians just like playing in dangerous waters? The deep ocean with all its waves is more exciting than a swimming pool