Chinese Australian

Assimilation means different things to Australian and United States governments. In Order to do so Foley examines colonial origins, notions of race and white supremacist mythology. Foley looks at how each of these perceptions resulted in the treatment of indigenous people and draws conclusions on whether there is a difference in the intent of assimilation as well as exploits some possible long term implications in today’s society. ‘Origins of American and Australian colonies have a common…

With this in mind, Australia has its own variety of English; Standard Australian English is the official language given to the English spoken and written in this country (McGrath, 2016). It is the language used in formal settings such as; universities, schools, governments, dictionaries, and style and grammar guides. This formal…

speak Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese at home (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). • The majority of China-born people speak English well or very well (67.1%), whilst approximately 32% do not speak English well or at all (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). China • Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. • Chinese people from Hong Kong and the Guangdong province of the People’s Republic of China speak Cantonese. • Chinese language includes over…

19th century. The purpose of Chinese people came to Australia in many numbers was to strike gold in there. Most of them are forced to dig the gold that is there because they have been contracted with sponsored their voyages all this time, but they did not forgot to gave what they’ve got in Australia to their families in their hometown in China. There many Chinese people in Australia that has exceeded the limit, so Australia made a White Australian policy. White Australian policy made the…

business migration programs encouraged by the Australian government since the 1990s. The main purpose of these migration programs is to meet the requirements of skills and techniques in the Australian labor market (Simon,2012). However, early Australian migrants were mostly British. It was not until the Australia Gold Rush that Chinese were attracted to Australia. The White Australia policy had previously restricted and reduced Australia’s ethnic Chinese population during the first half of the…

As a health professional, it is important to know how to communicate with patients in order to know what their needs are and thus treat them appropriately. In Australia, there are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are the First Australians (Wilson, Magarey, Jone, & Mackean, 2016). They often have strong connections to family, belief and community. While elder Indigenous people can be portrayed differently in different local communities, for example, higher status and knowledge…

Throughout history Australian politicians have been represented as people who marginalise social groups. This began with federation in 1901 with the oppression of pacific island workers called Kanakas and continued on with the increasingly racist and bigoted laws passed to marginalise Chinese, Italians and many other social groups through the early to mid 1900 's. It 's commonly accepted that Australian politicians pretend to ‘listen’ to what the people want for this nation then abandon those…

with Asian regions. While admitting trade and economical benefits, Australians often do not want to think about themselves as Asians. Knight suggests such attitude is caused by European influence from the time, when Asia was treated as a second-rate world; Australians also feared of Asian “invasion”. Australian aborigines contacted with Asian people long before the “official” discovery of the continent made by James Cook in 1770. Chinese and Japanese fishermen visited Australia in 15th century…

Feng Chongyi, a chinese born professor at Australian University. One weekend Mr. Feng was barred from leaving China, and questioned by security officers as a possible threat to national security. Raising concerns about the Chinese legal system once again. Some Chinese people in Australia said that if China can do that to Mr. Feng, who has a family in Australia, could all the other chinese dissidents be a subject to extradition demands on national security…

This essay will discuss the ways in which the 1986 Australian play Away, by Michael Gow, expresses the concepts of family conflict, grief and loss, and what it means to be an outsider. These concepts will evidently help in answering whether Away is still able to speak to modern Australian audiences. Despite historical references the play still speaks to a modern Australian audience. Gow has used a variety of literary techniques to develop his play such as allusions, colloquial, as well as using…