In the Face of Diversity

Dr Nathan D. Gardner Molina is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne taking part in an ARC Discovery Project to produce a history of Australia’s community sponsorship programs for refugee resettlement. As a historian of Australia’s immigration and ethnic diversity, Nathan delivered the 2024 Hancock Lecture for Australian Academy of Humanities, What Makes a Multicultural Nation?

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPrefaceChinese Australian community organisations from White Australia to multiculturalismEarly optimism and challengesThe “Blainey debate”The Tiananmen Massacre and the “89ers”The “Hanson debate”Community organisations in the “Chinese century”The China influence debate * The Chimera: Chasing unity in the face of diversityBibliographyAppendix 1: Sample interview questionsAppendix 2: Profiles of prominent Chinese Australian community organisations encountered in the book