Indian student migration in Australia: issues of community sustainability
The established Indian Australian community mainly consists of people with professional occupations who came to Australia after 1970, and their Australian-born children. They come from the educated urban middle class in India, speak English fluently, and are doing well in Australia. In contrast, the wave of Indian students who arrived mainly after 2001 are more likely to come from rural backgrounds. Even though they may have bachelor degrees from India, they often have poor English. Many have enrolled in vocational courses in cookery and hairdressing in the hope, often realised of gaining perm ... Show more
Authors: Singh, Supriya; Cabraal, Anuja
Published: Melbourne, Victoria, Centre for Population and Urban Research, Monash University, 2010
Resource type: Article
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