A recent immigrant to Australia, especially one from Europe.
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His diploma was not recognised, so he worked as a wharfie in Fremantle - a typical initiation for an over-qualified New Australian.
We did in fact change the way in which we talked about refugees or migrants or New Australians.
However a move in South Australia to change or anglicise New Australians' names was strongly resisted.
This is also an Australia where the New Australians are encouraged to hold their festivals publicly and get the community involved.
It told the Australian people to call the migrants New Australians and it set up the Good Neighbour Council which arranged for old Australians to help the new Australians settle in.