Australian Lithuanians /

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Author / Creator:Popenhagen, Ludvika Apinyte.
Imprint:Kensington, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2012.
Description:xii, 299 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8907901
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ISBN:9781742233321 (pbk)
1742233325 (pbk)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of acronyms
  • Introduction: Lithuania's past and present cultural background
  • 1. First arrivals: seventeenth to early twentieth centuries
  • 2. Displaced Persons after World War Two
  • 3. Migrant reception centres and transit camps
  • 4. Obligatory work contracts and on-site experiences
  • 5. Establishing the Australian Lithuanian Community
  • 6. Regional organisation of the Australian Lithuanian Community
  • 7. Lithuanian-language media, communication and schools in Australia
  • 8. Nurturing Lithuanian culture in Australia
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index