Refugee resettlement and policies of assimilation: an oral history of engagement with religion and responses to trauma in post-war Queensland

The resettlement of Polish, Latvian and Ukrainian refugees in post-Second World War Queensland, Australia provides a case study of the role of religious organisations in areas that lacked established migrant support networks and services. This article shows how this lack of readily available assista...

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Main Author: Stroja, Jessica (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2023
In: Religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 269-288
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Queensland / Church organization / Refugee aid / East European immigrant / Assimilation (Sociology) / Post-war period (motif) / History 1945-1960
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CB Christian life; spirituality
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBS Australia; Oceania
RG Pastoral care
RK Charity work
Further subjects:B Assimilation
B Resettlement
B Migration
B Oral History
B Religion
B Refugees
B Displacement
B Displaced Persons
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