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Chapter 1. Objectives and methodology -- Immigration research -- Refugee settlement -- Refugees in Tasmania -- Purpose, objectives and research questions -- Methodology and research plan -- Survey of refugees in Tasmania -- Interviews with refugees -- Interviews with key agencies -- ch. 2. A socioec...

ch. 3. Refugee settlement in Tasmania -- [3.1]. Key concepts -- Refugees -- Community -- Refugee-initiated communities -- [3.2]. The settlement process -- Theoretical approaches -- Settlement -- Settlement policy -- Settlement services -- Refugee services -- [3.3]. The Tasmanian context -- Multicult...

Reads and writes in best language -- Spoken English ability -- Literacy in English -- [4.1.4]. Settlement in Australia -- Citizenship -- [4.1.5]. Education and employment -- Highest education qualification -- Field in which highest education qualification acquired -- Country in which highest educati...

[5.1]. Historical background in brief -- [5.2]. A profile of Vietnamese refugees in Tasmania -- [5.3]. Life in Viet Nam -- Disruption and destruction -- [5.4]. From Viet Nam to Australia -- Reasons for leaving Viet Nam -- Flight from Viet Nam -- Life in a refugee camp -- Reasons for settling in Tasm...

[5.11]. Settlement problems -- Language -- Domestic violence -- Discrimination -- Community size -- [5.12]. Living in Tasmania -- Perceptions of Tasmania -- Living in Melbourne and living in Tasmania: a comparison -- [5.13]. The Vietnamese community in Tasmania -- ch. 6. Hmong refugees -- [6.1]. His...

[6.7]. Cultural traditions -- Religion -- Ethnic celebrations -- Marriage, childbirth and death -- Sociability -- [6.8]. A sense of community -- Family -- Ethnic ties -- Ties with Anglo-Australians -- [6.9]. Citizenship and identify -- [6.10]. Settlement problems -- Cultural differences -- Language...

[7.10]. Settlement problems -- ch. 8. Refugees from El Salvador -- [8.1]. Historical background in brief -- [8.2]. A profile of Salvadoran refugees in Tasmania -- [8.3]. Life in El Salvador -- Politics as everyday life -- [8.4]. From El Salvador to Australia -- [8.5]. Fear and persecution in Austral...

[8.12]. Living in Tasmania -- Perceptions of Tasmania: an overview -- Overview of refugee services -- ch. 9. Polish, Kurdish and 'other' refugees -- [9.1]. A profile of Polish refugees in Tasmania -- [9.2]. Life in Poland -- 'What would happen tomorrow ...': looking to the wet -- [9.3]. From Poland...

ch. 10. Conclusions and recommendations-- appendix 1. Maps -- appendix 2. Kinship and social network figures -- appendix 3. Key agencies interviewed or consulted.erfo 8.n programs: