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Mon 23 Sept 2013

Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences. Seminar 1: Economic crisis, austerity and Brits abroad 23 rd Sept 2013 University of Sheffield.

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Mon 23 Sept 2013

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  1. Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences Seminar 1: Economic crisis, austerity and Brits abroad 23rd Sept 2013 University of Sheffield MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC CRISIS: RESPONSES OF BRITS AT HOME AND ABROADA White Rose Consortium Funded Research NetworkCo-ordinated by Majella Kilkey (University of Sheffield), Neil Lunt (University of York) and Louise Waite (University of Leeds) Mon 23 Sept 2013 • British – Aust migration history • Comparison ‘new’ UK & Italian entrants • Aust diaspora • Research methods and agendas Researching the ‘new’ British mobility: conceptual frames and methodological challenges Loretta Baldassar

  2. Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences PEOPLE FROM OVER 200 COUNTRIES LIVE IN AUSTRALIA 14.2% BORN OVERSEAS IN NESB COUNTRIES (ABS 2001) 15% OF AUSTRALIANS >5 YRS SPEAK LOTE (ABS 2001) 2.4% INDIGENOUS (ABS 2001) 35% AUSTRALIAN (ABS 2001) 36.1% ENGLISH OR ENG-AUST (7.2 MILLION) (ABS 2011) 910,000 ENGLAND BORN RESIDENTS IN 2011 (4%) AUSTRALIA = SETTLER SOCIETY 44% MIGRANTS OR CHILDREN OF MIGRANTS (ABS 2006) 25% AUSTRALIANS BORN OVERSEAS (ABS 2009) 12.5% US 2008 20% 2ND GEN IMMIGRANTS (ABS 2006) 10.9% 2ND GEN US 2008 Mon 23 Sept 2013

  3. OVERVIEW OF AUSTRALIA'S MIGRATION HISTORY: 1. COLONIAL PERIOD 1788-1901 (PROTECTIONISM) 1788-1850 BRITISH PROTESTANTS ANGLO-SAXON (FIRST WAVE) CHARTER' (DOMINANT) GROUP MIGRATION OF SETTLEMENT (free settlers and convicts) 1850- MELANESIANS, KANAKAS FEAR OF MISCEGENATION INDIANS; CHINESE 1857 RACE RIOTS SOJOURNERS (guest workers) Gold rushes 1857 Restrictive legislation against the importation of Asian labour Attracting women migrants (FIRST IRISH CATHOLICS ANGLO-CELTIC ETHNICS) JOINED CHARTER GROUP LABOUR PARTY, SCHOOLS (NORDIC GERMAN PROTESTANT FREE SETTLERS AND 'ETHNIC' SCANDINAVIAN; POLES; ASSISTED PASSAGE GROUPS) HUNGARIANS HIERARCHY OF PREFERENCE 2. POST FEDERATION PERIOD 1901-1950 (ASSIMILATION) IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT (White Australia Policy) 1901-1970s Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences Mon 23 Sept 2013

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  5. 1. COLONIAL PERIOD 1788-1901 (PROTECTIONISM) 1788-1850 BRITISH PROTESTANTS ANGLO-SAXON (FIRST WAVE) CHARTER' (DOMINANT) GROUP 1850- MELANESIANS, KANAKAS FEAR OF MISCEGENATION (SOJOURNERS) INDIANS; CHINESE 1857 RACE RIOTS (FIRST IRISH CATHOLICS ANGLO-CELTIC ETHNICS) JOINED CHARTER GROUP LABOUR PARTY, SCHOOLS (NORDIC GERMAN PROTESTANT FREE SETTLERS AND 'ETHNIC' SCANDINAVIAN; POLES; ASSISTED PASSAGE GROUPS) HUNGARIANS HIERARCHY OF PREFERENCE 2. POST FEDERATION PERIOD 1901-1950 (ASSIMILATION) IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT (White Australia Policy) 1901-1970s 1901- PREFFERED BRITISH SETTLER MIGRATION 1950- JEWISH (MAINLY GERMAN) DISPLACED PERSONS 1904-14 ASSISTED PASSAGES - Free land offered to settlers 1922 EMPIRE SETTLEMENT ACT - Govt assistance to preferred migrants 1925 IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1925 AMENDMENT Power to exclude those unlikely to be readily assimilable Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences Mon 23 Sept 2013

  6. COLONIAL PERIOD 1788-1901 (PROTECTIONISM) 1788-1850 BRITISH PROTESTANTS ANGLO-SAXON (FIRST WAVE) CHARTER' (DOMINANT) GROUP 1850- MELANESIANS, KANAKAS FEAR OF MISCEGENATION (SOJOURNERS) INDIANS; CHINESE 1857 RACE RIOTS (FIRST IRISH CATHOLICS ANGLO-CELTIC ETHNICS) JOINED CHARTER GROUP LABOUR PARTY, SCHOOLS (NORDIC GERMAN PROTESTANT FREE SETTLERS AND 'ETHNIC' SCANDINAVIAN; POLES; ASSISTED PASSAGE GROUPS) HUNGARIANS HIERARCHY OF PREFERENCE 1901-1950 POST FEDERATION PERIOD (ASSIMILATION) WHITE AUSTRALIA 1901- PREFFERED BRITISH SETTLER MIGRATION 1950- JEWISH (MAINLY GERMAN) DISPLACED PERSONS 3. POST WORLD WAR II PERIOD 1950-1970 (INTEGRATION) POPULATE OR PERISH: (CATCH CRY) Population growth Defense against 'yellow peril‘ (Asian neighbours) Economic development Rejection of indigenous population 1950- (SOUTHERN GREEK; ITALIAN 'NEW AUSTRALIANS' 1960EUROPEAN) SLAV; TURKISH HIERARCHYOF PREFERENCE 1947 ASSISTED PASSAGES TO CERTAIN GROUPS TEN POUND POM (ANGLO CONFORMITY) 1957 BRING OUT A BRIT Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences Mon 23 Sept 2013

  7. 3. POST WORLD WAR II PERIOD 1950-1970 (INTEGRATION) 1950- (SOUTHERN GREEK; ITALIAN 'NEW AUSTRALIANS' 1960EUROPEAN) SLAV; TURKISH OF PREFERENCE 4. MULTICULTURAL PERIOD 1970 – 1990 (MULTICULTURALISM) FAMILY REUNION POLICY 1970s VIETNAMESE REFUGEE INTAKE 1980S LATIN AMERICA, ARICA 1990S MIDDLE EAST ONSHORE ASYLUM SEEKERS 5. POST MULTICULTURAL 2000 – (NEO-LIBERAL?) POINTS TEST (English language ability, preferred skills, education) SKILLED MIGRATION (certain professions) SPECIAL VISAS – ‘NEW’ ‘THIRD WAVE’ MIGRATION Working Holiday Maker – 18-30yrs, 1-2 year stay 457 Temporary Business Entry long stay (sponsored temporary residence up to 4 yrs) http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/ Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences Mon 23 Sept 2013

  8. AUSTRALIAN MIGRATION HISTORY - ALL AUSTRALIANS… BUT SOME MORE THAN OTHERS (SARGENT) Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences Mon 23 Sept 2013

  9. Faculty of arts, School of Social Sciences Mon 23 Sept 2013 LONDON COURT, PERTH CITY Official tourist destination LONDON COURT, PERTH CITY http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/forum.php

  10. Front yard of private home in Albany, WA unofficial tourist destination

  11. POLITICAL Australian diasporas transnational linkages KINSHIP & CAREGIVING CUTLURE & IDENTITY ECONOMIC Mixed method: survey, focus groups, interviews • Macedonian – 1,101 respondents • Italian – 613 respondents • Vietnamese – 466 respondents • Tongan – 254 respondents

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