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Friendship with south-east Asia: A cultural approach

Friendship with south-east Asia: A cultural approach A Professional Journal for the Social Worker and Social Administrator FRIENDSHIP WITH SOUTH-EAST ASIA: A CULTURAL APPROACH By T. G. H. SWaEI{LOW. PART 2 If then Australia is to exist for more than a few generations, it is our duty to grow aware as a nation of our dangers, of our responsibilities, and of our opportunities in our Near North. Our dangers have just been described. Our responsibilities should be considered to be threefold. The first is to populate Australia as rapidly as possible with immigrants who can be as- similated into our nation. Our possession of a very sparsely-sealed continent imposes upon us the moral obligation to develop its resources to their fullest extent not merely in the interests of our own wealth and comfort, but for the benefit of all mankind, including our northern neighbours. In my personal view, successful assimilation depends, not so much on "race," but rather on com- munity of culture, language, and religion. I believe that Australians as a whole are much more broad-minded on this issue in practical test cases than some of our politicians would have us believe. The present favourable attitude taken by the public in regard to the admission http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

Friendship with south-east Asia: A cultural approach

Strehlow, T.G.H.
Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 9 (2): 12 – Dec 1, 1956
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Friendship with south-east Asia: A cultural approach

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A Professional Journal for the Social Worker and Social Administrator FRIENDSHIP WITH SOUTH-EAST ASIA: A CULTURAL APPROACH By T. G. H. SWaEI{LOW. PART 2 If then Australia is to exist for more than a few generations, it is our duty to grow aware as a nation of our dangers, of our responsibilities, and of our opportunities in our Near North. Our dangers have just been described. Our responsibilities should be considered to be threefold. The first is to populate Australia as rapidly as possible...
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A Professional Journal for the Social Worker and Social Administrator FRIENDSHIP WITH SOUTH-EAST ASIA: A CULTURAL APPROACH By T. G. H. SWaEI{LOW. PART 2 If then Australia is to exist for more than a few generations, it is our duty to grow aware as a nation of our dangers, of our responsibilities, and of our opportunities in our Near North. Our dangers have just been described. Our responsibilities should be considered to be threefold. The first is to populate Australia as rapidly as possible with immigrants who can be as- similated into our nation. Our possession of a very sparsely-sealed continent imposes upon us the moral obligation to develop its resources to their fullest extent not merely in the interests of our own wealth and comfort, but for the benefit of all mankind, including our northern neighbours. In my personal view, successful assimilation depends, not so much on "race," but rather on com- munity of culture, language, and religion. I believe that Australians as a whole are much more broad-minded on this issue in practical test cases than some of our politicians would have us believe. The present favourable attitude taken by the public in regard to the admission

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 1956

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