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A Few Comments on the Number of Croats, Croatian Language, Schools and Croatian Media in Australia
Boris ŠKVORC
Sažetak
In various written sources the data on the number of Croats
in Australia vary from 200,000 to 500,000. At the same
time, the data obtained from the census that can be
processed based on the comparison of the number of
speakers of Croatian, religious affiliation of participants in
the censuses and place of birth, give a considerably altered
picture resulting in a much smaller official number of
Australian Croats. This article, based on the last two
censuses, as well as on the calculations of the percentage of
second-generation members with regard to the first, has
tried to reveal the smallest provable number of Australian
Croats, i.e. Australians of Croatian descent, by drawing a
line between the two given determinants of affiliation.
Furthermore, since the issue of the number of Croats in
Australia is connected with the issue of Croatian language,
the article discusses the preservation of the latter in
Australia, its official recognition, the Australian school system
in Croatian, but also the disturbing fact that bilingualism in
Australian-Croatian families is declining and that the
number of children learning Croatian is continually falling.
The third part of the article deals with the Croatian media in
Australia, especially in NSW and Victoria.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
20711
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.1.1998.
Posjeta: 2.283 *