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- Title: Australia's Strategic Identity Post-September 11 in Context: Implications for the war Against Terror in Southeast Asia.
- Author : Contemporary Southeast Asia
- Release Date : January 01, 2004
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 308 KB
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Introduction: Factors that Shape Australia's National Identity and Strategic Posture The national character and demographic composition of Australia is central to understanding the nation and, by extension, its strategic posture. (1) Australia's demographic makeup today largely stems from its origins as an extension of the British Empire. While most Australians trace their ancestry to Anglo-Celtic or other European backgrounds, there are increasing numbers of Australians of Asian origin who are but the latest overlay on the peopling of Australia that first began with the aboriginal settlement of Australia over 40,000 years ago. In 2001-2002, 17 per cent of Australia's immigrants came from Southeast Asia [particularly Malaysia and Indonesia] with a further third from Northeast Asia and 8 per cent from South Asia. (2) In 2000/01, immigration contributed more to population increase than natural domestic growth did. While post-World War II non-British European immigrants have largely assimilated into the dominant Anglo-Celtic cultural traditions, Aboriginal Australians and more recent Asian immigrants have generally not yet assimilated to the same extent. Australia is still in the process of working to reconcile, amalgamate or subordinate these different traditions and cultures into a single national identity. The appropriation, or adoption, of Aboriginal art into the mainstream of society in Australia marks a degree of acceptance of the Aborigine's place in Australia while confusion over land rights stemming from the doctrine of Terra Nullius does not.