Why do you think Australia is known as a multi-cultural society?
The Prime Minister’s statement on ‘Multicultural Principles’ issued In 1995 defines the policy dimensions of Multiculturalism. The opening part of the text is a list of statistics that are used to explain the need for a multicultural policy of control and reads:
Multicultural policies respond to the need to manage Australia’s diversity in the interests of the individual and society as a whole.. . .
As a multicultural society, Australia:: is unique among the nations of the world. Australia’s indigenous communities are extremely diverse and pluralistic. There were around 750 indigenous languages in Australia at the time of permanent European settlement in 1788.
