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Is Australia a multicultural society?

Stephen Castles.

Professor Castles speaks on cultural maintenance

Created:

1995

Date Added:

16 July 2002

Source:

Interview for Making Multicultural Australia, 1995

Format:

mov (Quicktime);

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Length:

19 secs

Transcript

PROFESSOR STEPHEN CASTLES
Professor of Multicultural Studies, University of Wollongong

I think the right to cultural maintenance is a key right for ethnic groups, because cultural maintenance is so crucial to their self-esteem, particularly in the first two or three generations of settlement. So having the right to speak your language, to maintain your culture and so on, I think that is pretty crucial.

Interview for Making Multicultural Australia, 1995.