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"At the height of the Cold War, the activities of Greek migrants who had
arrived in Australia after the second world war saw the Australian Security
Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) take notice.
At the time, immigrants were keenly sought to expand the postwar Australian
economy: more than 160,000 arrived from Greece during this period. But migrants
were nonetheless viewed with suspicion and distrust, especially those from
southern European countries.
During the assimilation era, from 1945 to 1966 – a time when the White
Australia policy was still in force – immigrants were expected to shed their
cultural identity and adopt what was described as “the Australian way of life”.
They were supposed to disassociate with events from the homeland, disavow
politics from overseas, and not to develop political agendas within Australia.
Memories of past injustices had to be shed.
As historian John Rickard has astutely observed, Australia wanted immigration,
but not immigrants."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
