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Jayne Persian
6 days ago
Talking about post-war displaced persons while showing footage of everyone except the DPs lol
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The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience
Jay Chou’s 25 albums have sold more than 30 million copies – and the music video for his latest hit, Gold Rush Town, was filmed at Sovereign Hill.
https://theconversation.com/the-taiwanese-pop-megastar-spreading-the-hidden-chinese-history-of-australias-gold-rush-to-a-global-audience-281428?fbclid=Iwb21leARiPf9jbGNrBGI9m2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHtm87S8EihJjMwwRJHO70887r0vQ1gpkURE1ojHhUOb0pWBHuIFLN_W69s49_aem_6fB_ArmqT00Z8-_TOL1qIA
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Deborah Lee-Talbot
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Australian historians: has anyone researched the Albanian community in Australia, Victoria, agriculture or the Yarra Valley in the late 1920s early 1930s? I've got some content in diaries I am transcribing and would like to provide my client with additional context. I've got a little from MV 🤷♀️
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The ‘Ethnic’ Welfare Worker: Personal Perspectives on Changes to Welfare Approaches in Multicultural Australia (1970s–1980s)
Australia’s welfare systems underwent dramatic changes from the 1970s. This included a move from assimilationist approaches to more pluralist ones, in delayed recognition of Australia’s multiethnic...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07256868.2025.2592312
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Kate Bagnall
11 days ago
Lovely visit today to MOCA – the newly opened Museum of Chinese in Australia in the old Haymarket Library in Sydney. If you’re nearby, pop in and have a look at their taster exhibition, which features stories of families and businesses from Sydney’s Chinatown!
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Evan
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Happy to see that my article with
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on the elite backlash to dismantling the 'White Australia Policy' has been published in the latest issue of
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(69/2, 2026). It is open access, so download now!
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Multicultural Australia was built under a Liberal prime minister. The current party should take heed
Malcolm Fraser was one of the country’s longest-serving prime ministers. His support of multicultural policy forever changed Australia’s social fabric.
https://theconversation.com/multicultural-australia-was-built-under-a-liberal-prime-minister-the-current-party-should-take-heed-277732?fbclid=Iwb21leARU9KJjbGNrBFT0DGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHg-Tnh4p1A2Xb-7LNpXCN90_O5zx6354w0FrbWgCVarB6WoRA1SG0GpLynBS_aem_je_SRCrOro8_jTYaHOjQtA
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How Maltese migrants united to build a Queensland sugarcane legacy
Long before they were cast in bronze, a group of Maltese migrants quietly reshaped who would own farmland across north Queensland.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-18/monument-to-maltese-migrants-north-queensland-ceremony/106503620?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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Ruth Balint: Australia’s Postwar Migration Schemes 1945–1952
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New article by Oliver Douglas & Paul Sendziuk
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‘We Will Decide’: The Howard Government’s Establishment of the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre
This article examines Cabinet's decision to establish the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (IRPC), a key facility within the larger ‘Pacific Solution' framework. Unseale...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1031461X.2026.2633114?fbclid=Iwb21leARK00NjbGNrBErTPmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHiKB6Fwe3_e9ZVUc-8DJ2XoAdX-IYWvMYwt17LuJZWzx1IJVvuNaao2b8CVd_aem_8LEfVNie9rleHKLtaW1hcA
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Is Shaddap You Face Australia’s best ever novelty song, or a poor ethnic stereotype?
Joe Dolce’s Shaddap You Face has been inducted into the National Film and Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia. How can we best understand this song in 2026?
https://theconversation.com/is-shaddap-you-face-australias-best-ever-novelty-song-or-a-poor-ethnic-stereotype-280352?fbclid=Iwb21leARK0ptjbGNrBErR9WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHs3StSP0vSz6qVazursHR4UVtzi8fskX2FhSktQlA2blX-UDF93lC6Whb-UQ_aem_UslqA1IlBf6YdrjgNsuH-A
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The AMHN would like to organise a panel around migration for this conference: if interested please contact
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Biennial Conference 2026 CFP - Oral History Australia
Call for Presentations Deadline 11 May 2026 Oral history is ‘history built around people’ (Paul Thompson). Its methodology is embedded in humanity—it is a person-to-person communication through which the experiences and memories of one are recorded for posterity by another, using best practice tools and techniques. Through oral history, voices are preserved and accents, nuances, […]
https://oralhistoryaustralia.org.au/biennial-conference-2026/cfp/
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International Research Fellowship at Swedish Emigrant Institute
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The Swedish Emigrant Institute announces an international research grant - Kulturparken Småland
A Fellowship to Support Academic Research in the Collections of the Swedish Emigrant Institute, VäxjöThe Swedish Emigrant Institute, housed in the House of Emigrants in Växjö, Sweden, holds Sweden’s l...
https://www.kulturparkensmaland.se/the-swedish-emigrant-institute-announces-an-international-research-grant-2/
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CFP AEMI conference Migration & Power
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Call for papers: Migration and Power – 36th AEMI Conference in Växjö, Sweden
http://aemi.hl1181.dinaserver.com/2026/03/06/call-for-papers-migration-and-power-36th-aemi-conference-in-vaxjo-sweden/
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Evan
about 1 month ago
#historians
- looking for any sources, primary or secondary, on controlling migration to Australia, during the first half of the 20th century, at port of departure (ie discouraging or preventing potential migrants from travelling to Australia), rather than at port of entry.
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Jayne Persian
about 1 month ago
Trailer for Dan Goldberg's The Hunt for the Last Nazis, in which I appear saying "yes yes yes"
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The Hunt for the Last Nazis (TRAILER)
YouTube video by Moving Story Entertainment
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Jayne Persian
about 2 months ago
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Jayne Persian
about 2 months ago
Some basic historical googling by the ABC team would have been ace
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What country Victoria revealed about my Chinese grandfather's secret past
Genealogy is an addictive hobby but unlocking family secrets — and dealing with the fallout — can change your life.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-22/annie-louey-lost-family-history-genealogy-china-australia/106130044?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS
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And you can hear more about it here:
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Ep. 48- War Criminals in Australia with Jayne Persian - The Holocaust History Podcast
Among the flood of displaced persons that washed across Germany after WWII were a large number of perpetrators, particularly from Eastern Europe. They mostly passed unnoticed (and unbothered) by...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2291653/episodes/16717184
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS
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This is a really excellent book with some great unhinged moments from the fascist immigrants to Australia.
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White Australia’s Student Exception: Asians and the Selective Logic of Immigration Restriction
This article examines the history of Asian students in White Australia whose movement constituted an exception to immigration restriction. While the student exception was a feature of the administr...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03086534.2026.2632353#d1e717
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Geoff Barker
about 2 months ago
Children at the migration centre, Uranquinty, New South Wales, 18 January, 1950, by L Bartholomew. Image uploaded to Wikipedia by @StateLibraryNSW
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Kate Bagnall
about 2 months ago
'Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown?' by
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, Annaliese Claydon, and me!
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Why doesn’t Hobart have a Chinatown?
Early Chinese communities might seem to have left little tangible trace. But such an absence does not necessarily mean the absence of a Chinese history.
https://theconversation.com/why-doesnt-hobart-have-a-chinatown-272260?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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Atina Grossmann speaking @ UNSW on 16 March
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New Approaches to Studying Global Refugee Transit | UNSW Sydney
Join the School of Humanities & Languages for this keynote lecture by Professor Atina Grossmann.
https://www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/new-approaches-studying-global-refugee-transit
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📢please send in upcoming events, news, publications etc for the quarterly AMHN newsletter, which will be sent out next week!
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Jayne Persian
3 months ago
Impact! It's a great story 💪 The Watchmaker's War: A compelling historical novel of revenge and justice, based on the true story of Nazi hunters in Australia :HarperCollins Australia
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PhD opportunity! Work with Ruth Balint and
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Jayne Persian
3 months ago
Gosh this sort of thing annoys me. See Karen Agutter's brilliant article:
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new blogpost by
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What’s in a name?
Historical Chinese Australian names throw up all sorts of challenges – from the ubiquity of ‘Ah’ to confusion of name order – but in my recent research on Chinese Tasmanian history, it&…
https://chineseaustralia.org/whats-in-a-name/
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Kate Bagnall
4 months ago
There’s valuable information recorded in Chinese on Tasmania’s old Chinese headstones that is gradually disappearing, like on Claude Nam Shing’s headstone in Cornelian Bay Cemetery. I’ve worked out some of the characters, but not all of them. Any thoughts, clever people? 🗃️
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Applications due 15 March 🚨 for projects including immigration & multiculturalism Malcolm Fraser Research Grant
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Malcolm Fraser Research Grant
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Jayne Persian
3 months ago
👻 read me 👻 cite me 👻 Oral Histories of Displaced Persons: “What for? The Story Like Mine’s Plenty Now” Hit me up for a pdf 🙌
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Oral Histories of Displaced Persons: “What for? The Story Like Mine’s Plenty Now”
This chapter takes as its subject the memories of the 170,000 displaced persons (DPs)—predominantly Central and Eastern Europeans—who arrived in Australia as International Refugee Organiza...
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1960s films restored in hope of enticing new migrants to regional Australia
The National Film and Sound Archive has released 4K restorations of the 1960s film series Life in Australia, commissioned by the Department of Immigration to attract new migrants to regional Australia...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/nfsa-restoration-of-mount-gambier-life-in-australia/106117106?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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History Council of SA
4 months ago
We celebrate our member organisation, the Italian Historical Society of South Australia, on a landmark year 🇮🇹 Honouring 50–70 years of Italian community organisations, La Partenza, a 10th Anniversary Gala, and growing oral histories—celebrating legacy and living history.
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🚨 new article by Sean Brawley
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No Trace: ASIO and the End of the White Australia Policy
This contribution to the special issue studies the history of the White Australia Policy through an exploration of the intersections between national security, immigration restriction and social re...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03086534.2025.2607617
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Tracing the long history of Aboriginal-Chinese people in Australia, through archives and art
Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People at the National Museum of Australia brings together contemporary art, personal reflections and archival photographs
https://theconversation.com/tracing-the-long-history-of-aboriginal-chinese-people-in-australia-through-archives-and-art-273467
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Perry McIntyre: Single young women immigrants from Irish workhouses
Historian Perry McIntyre explores the immigration scheme to bring young destitute single women to Australia during the years 1848–50.
https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/perry-mcintyre-single-young-women-immigrants-irish-workhouses?fbclid=IwT01FWAPUTBdzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6yl1L8wwSNrww5c2H9n_MFevlIPKz1xK7GbYzypGXsiIgyeCZO6sozzLQcaQ
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How baseball helped shape Japanese migrants’ experiences during the White Australia policy
The century-old story of Sydney’s Nippon Baseball Club offers insights into the lives of Asian migrants during the White Australia policy.
https://theconversation.com/how-baseball-helped-shape-japanese-migrants-experiences-during-the-white-australia-policy-270054?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=Iwb21leAPGlCJzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5bTq__WQQp4UVBZmDdiiOHwWZ-ztwkD9TYugIWHxi6GHj-_J5Idf5IhNIiCw&brid=dqhF5Kz2Aw-IanvGIdO9Gg#
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Yianni Cartledge
4 months ago
My book 'Ikarians in South Australia' arrived in print on New Years Eve - Many thanks to
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🚨 new article by Ruth Balint
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The Jewish Refugee Family and Concerns Over Intermarriage in Australia After 1945∗
Abstract. Intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews was conceptualized as a ‘problem’ by the Australian Jewish establishment after the Second World War. From
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'Aussie' poster in Adelaide vandalised with 'white power' graffiti
An Adelaide street artist's poster aimed at provoking thought about national identity has been vandalised with racist graffiti.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-25/racist-vandalism-of-aussie-poster-in-adelaide/106177068?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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Zora Simic
5 months ago
My tribute to the late Sneja Gunew, published in the terrific new collection Researching Migration on Indigenous Lands, edited by @pastmigrations & Francesco Ricatti- open access & packed with innovative scholarship
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A Multicultural Nomad and Diasporic Intellectual: In Honour of Sneja Gunew
This chapter honours the work of Professor Sneja Gunew who died in January 2024. It pays particular attention to how her analyses of Australian multiculturalism remain pertinent to the pursuit of migr...
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-99328-2_4?fbclid=IwRlRTSAOvEE9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe4R6nfv2DtbPw5C19RD8GAfdTZgB-X7Fyyj87HG5j6biruaddsCyODtkjmpo_aem_EsBhQxPRfDA9G_DNE0JPdg
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Researching Migration on Indigenous Lands
This open access book provides an assessment of Australian migration studies on Indigenous lands and identifies issues of colonialism. Free access!
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-99328-2
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📢 New book by Amanda Nettelbeck
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Migropessimism of the Intellect, Migro-Optimism of the Will: The Italian-Australian Experience
Focusing on the Italian-Australian experience, this article outlines its authors’ migropessimism and their subsequent migro-optimism. We initially focus on what we perceive as the migrant’s ‘ontolo...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07256868.2025.2592308
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6 months ago
James Watson reviews ‘Immigrant Industry: Building Postwar Australia’ by Anoma Pieris, Mirjana Lozanovska, Alexandra Dellios
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, Andrew Saniga and David Beynon Berghahn Books
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Friday essay: how ASIO spied on Australia’s Greek migrants during the Cold War
As ‘aliens’, postwar Greek immigrants attracted the attention of ASIO, irrespective of their political affiliation.
https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-how-asio-spied-on-australias-greek-migrants-during-the-cold-war-265972?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOMgrZjbGNrA4yBfGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHouLo2jv4M5wCSJ3xEH8wlqVLjcEQDyj5tzuA2CTiK-Wakz1p5Phu-wC0ySd_aem_wQkQ42dO4oDBBJkl2GrDtA&brid=3wnmtGBIeVweKeIlEP_j0g
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New article by Vanessa Shia & Virginie Rey
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Diversity and collecting practices at the museum of Chinese Australian history in Melbourne
This paper examines the entanglement between collecting and community diversity at the Museum of Chinese Australian History (MCAH) in Melbourne. In Australia, culture-specific museums emerged in th...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14490854.2025.2578808#abstract
6 months ago
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Jayne Persian
6 months ago
This is in a new history of Aus, written by an academic. There were Jewish quotas. There were interviews so that immigration officers could make sure that no Jews were included in the 170,000 DPs. "The Holocaust" was not yet a thing.
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6 months ago
"Persian forces readers to confront the uneasy coexistence of humanitarianism and hypocrisy in Australia’s post-war nation-building." Pierluigi Bolioli reviews
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's 'Fascists in Exile' for
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Fascists in Exile: Post-War Displaced Persons in Australia
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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