Comments on: Isn’t it strange… Notes on Australia http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2010/02/01/isnt-it-strange-notes-on-australia/ The bloggish website of Sami Mäkeläinen. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rowena http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2010/02/01/isnt-it-strange-notes-on-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-205114 Rowena Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:47:11 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=2239#comment-205114 I've never really thought of America as a great melting pot (or great anything!) but that is by the by! I think the interesting thing about that stat is that Australia's population is still very new, hence so many being foreign born. I am the only Australian in my family! I’ve never really thought of America as a great melting pot (or great anything!) but that is by the by! I think the interesting thing about that stat is that Australia’s population is still very new, hence so many being foreign born. I am the only Australian in my family!

]]> By: Heikki http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2010/02/01/isnt-it-strange-notes-on-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-202914 Heikki Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:32:04 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=2239#comment-202914 I like this kind of comparisions. In many cases we regard some phenomenon as a unique one when it isn't and on the other hand don't see the peculiarities in our own society. I like this kind of comparisions. In many cases we regard some phenomenon as a unique one when it isn’t and on the other hand don’t see the peculiarities in our own society.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2010/02/01/isnt-it-strange-notes-on-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-202729 Andrew Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:56:00 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=2239#comment-202729 Also in terms of "melting pot", according to ABS in 2008 30% of marriages in Australia that year were between people born in different countries. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/EB4E8FBE970F4560CA2576200015A2B0?opendocument Unfortunately, I couldn't find comparable stats for the US, but according to the US Census in 1992, 2.2% of all married couples were "interracial". http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/interractab1.txt Also in terms of “melting pot”, according to ABS in 2008 30% of marriages in Australia that year were between people born in different countries.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/EB4E8FBE970F4560CA2576200015A2B0?opendocument

Unfortunately, I couldn’t find comparable stats for the US, but according to the US Census in 1992, 2.2% of all married couples were “interracial”.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/interractab1.txt

]]> By: Sami http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2010/02/01/isnt-it-strange-notes-on-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-202626 Sami Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:14:49 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=2239#comment-202626 True, the US probably does have a wider ethnic mix. And of course the raw numbers are much bigger, it being a much bigger country population-wise. True, the US probably does have a wider ethnic mix. And of course the raw numbers are much bigger, it being a much bigger country population-wise.

]]> By: db http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/2010/02/01/isnt-it-strange-notes-on-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-202625 db Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:43:28 +0000 http://www.groundswell.fi/sim/?p=2239#comment-202625 On that last point, Sami - I do suspect that Oz has a less rich (more controlled) racial & national mix than the US does - hence the US's description as a 'melting pot'. And I do find it hard to believe that our antipodean cousins are really chubbier than the yanks, on the whole. On that last point, Sami – I do suspect that Oz has a less rich (more controlled) racial & national mix than the US does – hence the US’s description as a ‘melting pot’.
And I do find it hard to believe that our antipodean cousins are really chubbier than the yanks, on the whole.

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