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Trends in Extension in Australia
This chapter presents a brief but critical account of trends in agricultural extension practices in Australia. Agricultural extension practices have...
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Gold Rushes (Australia): J. Jupp
Between 1851 and 1861, the British colony of Victoria in southern Australia increased its population from 77,345 to 538,628, constituting half of the...
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Pacific Islands Guestworkers in Australia The New Blackbirds?
This is the first book to examine the contemporary seasonal migration of Pacific islanders to Australia through the Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP)....
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Non-cognitive traits and homeownership in Australia
We empirically examine the nexus between Locus of Control (LoC) and housing tenure in Australia. Drawing on data from the Household, Income and...
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Czech Migrants Making a Home in Australia
This chapter presents analysis of Czech migration to Australia with the focus on reasons behind migration and the employment outcomes. The analysis...
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Prioritising research funding for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Australia
The Targeted Translation Research Accelerator program was created to address cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Australia. To maximise the impact...
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White Australia: Nationalism and National Identity
This chapter provides an historical and political context for the development of Australia’s national identity from the post-World War II period up...
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Destination Australia
Debate regularly existed over the need for temporary Pacific island workers compared with international ‘backpackers’ and local workers. Islanders...
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On considering Australia: exploring Indonesian restaurants in promoting ethnic foods as an instrument of Indonesian gastrodiplomacy
Food is said to be ethnic, when it comes from diverse regions that have crossed international borders. Ethnic food has the ability to contribute to...
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Do Asian Immigrants Have Better Mental Health? An Examination of Arrival Cohort and Gender in Australia
This study examines how arrival cohort and duration of time in Australia affect the long-term mental health trajectories of Asian immigrants relative...
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Defining sustainable home renovators in Australia
Home renovation is a global phenomenon, where households seek to remodel, reconfigure, and retrofit their home. While often a response to the...
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Mobility and the Social Differentiation of Rural Youth in Australia
Geographical mobility has become an integral element of the biographical trajectories of young people from rural areas. In this paper, we contend...
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New Eastern European Migration to Australia From Czech Republic, Hungary and Ukraine to Sydney and beyond
This book identifies and examines new forms and paths of Eastern European migration to Australia since the 2000s, and provides updated trends of...
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Public Attitudes Towards Muslim Asylum Seekers in Australia
This chapter begins by exploring the evolution of contemporary attitudes to asylum seekers and refugees in the broadest sense. While attitudes to...
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The Utility of Socioeconomic and Remoteness Indicators in Understanding the Geographical Variation in the Regional Prevalence of Early Childhood Vulnerability in Australia
The family lives of children and their early childhood development outcomes are attributable to the level of socio-economic disadvantage and relative...
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The Swan River Colony’s First British Settlement: Early Results of Surveys of Garden Island (Meeandip), Western Australia
This paper describes the on-going research at Cliff Head, Garden Island (Indigenous name Meeandip) in Western Australia, the first British settlement...
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Racialized Embodiments: Young Queer Latinx Men in Australia
This chapter explores how young queer racialized men work on, within, and against dominant racialized narratives that implicates their body, gender,...
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Afrodiasporic Identities in Australia Articulations of Blackness and Africanness
This book explores the Afro-diasporic experiences of African skilled migrants in Australia. It explores research participants' experiences of...
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Investigating the nativity differences in the development of disability in Australia: findings from a nationally representative longitudinal survey
Using data from multiple waves of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, and Cox regression model with time-varying...
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Migration from Eastern Europe to Australia: History, Numbers and Research Gap
This introductory chapter begins by pointing out the curious oversight of the research and books discussing migration to Australia from Eastern...