Already here: writing Lebanese into Queensland history by Ann Monsour
Already here…by Ann Monsour
…….The early Lebanese immigrants were settlers rather than sojourners, and despite the serious obstacles they faced they were determined to stay and make Queensland their new home.
The White Australia Policy was intended to exclude and to control ‘undesirable’ immigrants.In their encounter with white colonial power, Lebanese immigrants sought to position themselves on the ‘white’ side of the colour line, emphasised their Christian credentials, and concealed their Eastern identity. As a consequence, the early immigrants passed on little information about their own background, language and culture to their children and grandchildren.
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