Astronaut families and parachute children : the cycle of migration between Hong Kong and Australia /...
Astronaut families and parachute children : the cycle of migration between Hong Kong and Australia /...
Astronaut families and parachute children : the cycle of migration between Hong Kong and Australia / Rogelia Pe-Pua ... [et al.].
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Full title
Publisher
Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1996.
Date
1996.
Call Numbers
304.8940512/1 , N304.8940512/1
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 77 p. ; 25 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1996.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
1996.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Examines immigration from Hong Kong to Australia in which one or more members of an immigrant family returns to Hong Kong for work or business purposes.The returnees are known as 'astronauts' and the children left are known as 'parachute children'. The study uses relevant statistics and interviews with sixty families in Sydney.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Astronaut families and parachute children : the cycle of migration between Hong Kong and Australia / Rogelia Pe-Pua ... [et al.].
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
"Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research"
Cat.no. 9601376.
Includes tables.
Bibliography: p. 74-77.
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Call Numbers
304.8940512/1 , N304.8940512/1
Record Identifier
74Vv2KqAxkPX
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv2KqAxkPX
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ISBN
0644459018 (Pbk)
9780644459013
0644459018
9780644459013 (pbk.)
0644459018 (pbk.)
9780644459013 (Pbk)
DDC
304.8
304.89405125
MMS ID
991003927539702626
