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Southern strangers : a qualitative study on the experiences of post World-War Two Greek migrants

This research examines the experiences, expectations and concerns of post-war Greek migrants in an interview and focus group setting. The central question of inquiry is whether Australia has been -the lucky country- for Greek migrants after approximately fifty years of living in Australia. Overall, of the total number of Greek migrants who participated in the research, 78% believe Australia is the lucky country, whereas 22% did not. Some of the overall reasons why Greeks believe Australia is not the lucky country include racism, qualifications were not initially recognised, and Greece is now perceived as being economically superior to Australia. Some of the main limitations of the present study include : the small number of subjects recruited, advertisement design, ambiguous definition of the lucky country, and the study was only concentrated in one geographical section of Sydney. Recommendations are included to assist future researchers alleviate some of the problem areas. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/189468
Date January 2003
CreatorsGrapsias, Nicholas, University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Humanities and Languages
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish

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