Representing Racial Identities
Some questions you could ask about racial identity include:
- How does being biracial impact on well being?
- Does being a first generation Australian create inter-generational conflict?
- Why don't Anglo-Australians understand their white-priviledge?
- Should Australia change it's refugee policies?
- Are Tiger Mums only an Asian phenomenon?
- Why do so few Polynesian students go on to higher education?
- How does the media represent Asians?
- What has contributed to the rise of Islamophobia in Australia?
- Are interracial marriages accepted in Australian society?
- Why are some migrants more accepted than others in Australia?
Heirarchy of Race in Australia
Heirarchy of Race in Australia
https://www.tasa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/276.pdf
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/10/21/3873511.htm WHITENESS!
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/04/11/3187793.htm social darwinism and australia
C19th attudes to Aboriginals explained http://www.academia.edu/8509846/Comparative_Settler_Nations_and_Racial_Hierarchy_Australia_New_Zealand_South_Africa
http://www.academia.edu/8509846/Comparative_Settler_Nations_and_Racial_Hierarchy_Australia_New_Zealand_South_Africa
The Conversation [https://theconversation.com/does-racism-make-us-sick-63641] has an interesting article about ways in which racism can affect the wellbeing of people witinessing or targetd by racism.
Mixed Race
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/11/10/how-far-have-we-come-our-acceptance-mixed-race-people
White Women in Interracial Families [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02685656?LI=true] investigates "how racisms operate within a racially unmarked dominant culture [ie British-Australian culture] because racial identity is theorized exclusively as an identity marker of groups and persons of color", looking particularly at issues affecting White-Australian women who have married into families of other races. It also has an outstanding list of references around this topic.
https://www.tasa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/276.pdf
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/10/21/3873511.htm WHITENESS!
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/04/11/3187793.htm social darwinism and australia
C19th attudes to Aboriginals explained http://www.academia.edu/8509846/Comparative_Settler_Nations_and_Racial_Hierarchy_Australia_New_Zealand_South_Africa
http://www.academia.edu/8509846/Comparative_Settler_Nations_and_Racial_Hierarchy_Australia_New_Zealand_South_Africa
The Conversation [https://theconversation.com/does-racism-make-us-sick-63641] has an interesting article about ways in which racism can affect the wellbeing of people witinessing or targetd by racism.
Mixed Race
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/11/10/how-far-have-we-come-our-acceptance-mixed-race-people
White Women in Interracial Families [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02685656?LI=true] investigates "how racisms operate within a racially unmarked dominant culture [ie British-Australian culture] because racial identity is theorized exclusively as an identity marker of groups and persons of color", looking particularly at issues affecting White-Australian women who have married into families of other races. It also has an outstanding list of references around this topic.
Biracial Identities
The Incorporation of Youth in a Multicultural and Transnational world [http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p113381/pdf/ch092.pdf] has excellent statistics about the race of aussie kids in relations to language, schooling and employment, as well as raising somje of the issues around social engagemnt of minority-culture youths.
divorce:
Maritial Dissolution among interracial couples [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00582.x/full] this study proved that there is no difference in the divorce rate between mono andi nterracial couples. You'll need to get this through your local or state library login
Theorising Interracial families and hybrid identity [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-5446.1999.00223.x/full] looks at how well current definiitions reflect the way interracial families operate in Australian (smaller) cities. It's quite theoretical so see Ms Carmyn if you're having trouble with it. You'll need to get this through your local or state library login.
Asian Identities in Australia
The Curse of the Smile: Ambivalence and the 'Asia' woman in Australian Society [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/fr.1996.5] looks at the way asian women are represented andp osited in Australian Society. Although much has improved in terms of racism against Asians, to what extent are they allocated an equal space to develop agency?
Glocal Identities: Crafting identities in Interracial families [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/136787790364001] looks at the processes of "how ‘passing’, ‘crossing’ and ‘estrangements’ constitute transformational mobilities and movement in identity formation" in Indo-Asian families.
National Identity and schools
I know you're pretty okay for stuff on current day celebrations, but here are some resources about our previous national identity as part of the British empire (the pageant footage is awesome!) :
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/magazine/galleries/empire-day/commonwealth-day
This is a website of documentation and photographs that have been archived in the Galleries with information on the celebration of Empire Day – Commonwealth Day in the early 1900’s. It provides information on the changes and celebrations that occurred at schools and venues in NSW for the celebration of Empire Day. Factual information with Photos.
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Empire-Day/
This is a UK website on the history of the UK. Here the site explains the History from the UK side of how Empire Day originated and how it then was celebrated by all members of the British Empire in the early 1900’s. It is factual information from Historic UK – The Historic Accommodation Guide written in the UK. Has some people quoting their memories of the celebrations in Australia also.
https://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/empire-day-pageant/clip1/
Film footage from 1915 in Australia of the Empire Day Pageant.
The camera captures a group on a horse and carriage; a woman dressed as Queen Victoria; and various groups of children in costumes. Two girls are dressed as Britannia and other children appear as Indians, Red Cross volunteers and Australian troops, Chinese women, and band members in ‘black face’. A small group of uniformed men with rifles march past the camera from left to right, followed by a band which marches past from right to left. A final group rides on a cannon pulled by a traction engine.
http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/topics/empire.html
This is a document from the Queensland Government historical part of their Website. It describes how the celebration was observed in Queensland Schools. It includes dates and what children were taught about remembering the British Empire on this day.
https://www.bright-star.com.au/pages/empire-night
This is a fireworks store but it has an extract from the Telegraph in 1924 stating the facts of what to do and how one must celebrate the Empire Day. Very interesting facts also from people who celebrated in the different areas of Tasmania and gives evidence of different variations of celebrations held.
http://www.schoolhousemuseum.org.au/nsw-schools-anzacs/
School House Museum website which has details of celebrations of schools and communities on the Empire Day Celebrations and also includes links to the various websites with further information.
http://www.hornsbyshirerecollects.com.au/nodes/view/1904
Photo of Empire Day at Epping Public School showing flags and children photographed outside the school.
https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=672010462421272;res=IELHSS
A site which includes songs sung by children on such occasions at schools as Empire Day.
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/magazine/galleries/empire-day/commonwealth-day
This is a website of documentation and photographs that have been archived in the Galleries with information on the celebration of Empire Day – Commonwealth Day in the early 1900’s. It provides information on the changes and celebrations that occurred at schools and venues in NSW for the celebration of Empire Day. Factual information with Photos.
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Empire-Day/
This is a UK website on the history of the UK. Here the site explains the History from the UK side of how Empire Day originated and how it then was celebrated by all members of the British Empire in the early 1900’s. It is factual information from Historic UK – The Historic Accommodation Guide written in the UK. Has some people quoting their memories of the celebrations in Australia also.
https://aso.gov.au/titles/historical/empire-day-pageant/clip1/
Film footage from 1915 in Australia of the Empire Day Pageant.
The camera captures a group on a horse and carriage; a woman dressed as Queen Victoria; and various groups of children in costumes. Two girls are dressed as Britannia and other children appear as Indians, Red Cross volunteers and Australian troops, Chinese women, and band members in ‘black face’. A small group of uniformed men with rifles march past the camera from left to right, followed by a band which marches past from right to left. A final group rides on a cannon pulled by a traction engine.
http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/topics/empire.html
This is a document from the Queensland Government historical part of their Website. It describes how the celebration was observed in Queensland Schools. It includes dates and what children were taught about remembering the British Empire on this day.
https://www.bright-star.com.au/pages/empire-night
This is a fireworks store but it has an extract from the Telegraph in 1924 stating the facts of what to do and how one must celebrate the Empire Day. Very interesting facts also from people who celebrated in the different areas of Tasmania and gives evidence of different variations of celebrations held.
http://www.schoolhousemuseum.org.au/nsw-schools-anzacs/
School House Museum website which has details of celebrations of schools and communities on the Empire Day Celebrations and also includes links to the various websites with further information.
http://www.hornsbyshirerecollects.com.au/nodes/view/1904
Photo of Empire Day at Epping Public School showing flags and children photographed outside the school.
https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=672010462421272;res=IELHSS
A site which includes songs sung by children on such occasions at schools as Empire Day.