many people say that australia is a mutiracial country but whenever i watch an australian soap like home and away or neighbours, all i ever see is white people and ive never even seen one black or asian person to be honest.
2007-06-19 22:25:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
Race is a meaningless concept.
Home and Away and Neighbours are not documentaries.
2007-06-19 22:35:52 · answer #1 · answered by iansand 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's because they've eaten all the aborigines - food can get scare on the coast you know - that's where most of them live - white people that is; Central Australia for the most part is just a barren sterile desert - come on - can you blame them - they've got to eat something and they're very good natured people - great sense of humour - they like to drink lager all day and shag sheep - what more could you want from a prison colony!
2007-06-20 05:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
soapies are not indicators of race or multiracial diversity in australia.
the following is an indication of migrants diversity to australia
MAIN ENGLISH SPEAKING ORIGINS
United Kingdom1,107,119
New Zealand 264,094
Ireland51,642\
South Africa49,009
United States of America43,783
Papua New Guinea(c)23,576
Canada22,502
NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING ORIGINS
Italy253,332
Yugoslavia160,479
Greece136,028
Viet Nam121,813
Germany111,975
Netherlands94,692
China77,799
Philippines(c)73,144
Malaysia71,665
Lebanon68,787
Poland68,496
India(c)60,598
Hong Kong57,510
Malta53,858
Sri Lanka(c)37,263
Egypt33,140
Indonesia32,688
Fiji30,100
Turkey27,770
Hungary27,046
Chile24,042
Singapore(c)24,021
Cyprus22,031
Austria21,586
Korea20,383
2007-06-20 06:10:20 · answer #3 · answered by mariemlm 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"home and away" and "neighbours" are set in small communities and it might not necessarily reflect the true multiculturalism of Australia. NOT every small town in Australia have an even mix of every ethnic group in them, a bi of common sense actually.
Also - because the "non-white" are the minority, it is then - pro rata - not as many no-white actors. make sense?
Come over to Australia. You will see for yourself how multicultural Australia really is.
So... when are you coming?
2007-06-20 07:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Australia is a multicultural country and i am proud to live here as i feel we have a great diversity of cultures and i enjoy learning about them . My husband is Lebanese and my best friend Asian.
2007-06-20 05:58:28 · answer #5 · answered by kristy j 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes we are a 'multicultural' country, but other ethnicities are still not a majority, and also not many asians or black people (well there aren't really many black people here either) live near the beach, but watch other TV shows from australia, there are heaps of people from other races on tv here, just not on soapies, plus we (the asians) tend not become involved with entertainment industry here, but there are famous asians here, like guy sebastian(malay), Arianne Caoili (filipino) , Jamie durie(sri lankan- english), Kate Ceberano (filipino- hawaiian- english) and Jessica Mauboy (indonesian- english) are examples of multicultural australia, also what about cathy freeman? she's aboriginal!!
2007-06-20 06:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by JepJep92 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Australia is a meeting point between east and western cultures, tons of exotic food choices there, you can drive along the road, and mango trees and other fruit trees grow wild, you just stop and pick some whenever you want. Lots of Italians, Greeks, Asians, New Zealanders, Middle eastern folks are getting a hard time there lately, coz the racist whites are led by a warmonger wannabe called John Howard, who is actually another lap dog of George Bush.
2007-06-20 05:30:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It IS an Asia-Pacific country, so you'll get Australian Caucasians living with Asians there...
2007-06-20 05:40:21 · answer #8 · answered by Lacieles 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try going to the northern territory mate, you'll find its mainly Aborigines up there and Indonesian, Russian, Italian, Japanese, European, New Zealanders... Do I need to carry on...?
2007-06-23 14:32:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where have You been??
We at Australia have Asian, Egyptian, African, Lebanese,Europeans,Russians, Dutch , Malaysians, Chinese, Vietnamese,Japanese,sudanese, South Africans,New Zealanders, And Many More.
We are the most Multicultural Country in the Southern Hemisphere.
Ps. ...... You are welcome too!!
2007-06-20 05:46:03 · answer #10 · answered by pa69oldfart 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋