otb,

Again, with the accusations of "victim status,"
and "sledging" Australians.

What I am simply stating are the facts-
that is, - the conditions that
existed at the time.

The fair-skinned Lithuanians and other European arrivals
were seen at the time as a tangible response to the
popular call of the day, to "populate or perish."
Their presence helped to allay the Australian population's
fears of "the yellow hordes in the north."

Generally speaking Lithuanians are well integrated into
the Australian society. They have achieved a high proficiency
in English and are participating in Australian cultural
activities. Also a considerable proportion of Lithuanian
immigrants also maintain, to varying degrees, their
national heritage and their membership of Lithuanian
associations. However as I stated earlier rapid assimilation
was strongly promoted by the Australian authorities.

Walter Jona, the then Victorian State Minister of Immigration
and Ethnic Affairs, was quoted as having said to a
large gathering of Lithuanians in Dallas Brooks Hall,
Melbourne on 26 December 1976:

"...But the best thing about you Lithuanians is that
on the street you are indistinguishable from ordinary
Australians...and the worst... is that there are not
enough of you."

As for receiving government support?

The facts remain that Lithuanians always were a
self-sufficient migrant group. They
chose to finance all their ethnic interests
out of their own pockets. They acquired impressive Lithuanian
houses, halls and museums in Melbourne, Geelong, Sydney,
Brisbane and Perth; they built two Lithuanian houses and a
church in Adelaide. Each larger Lithuanian community in
Australia has its own library, with the books paid for by
the community members. Lithuanians are still footing the
costs of publishing two weekly newspapers in Australia,
without any State or philanthropic subsidies.

Lithuanians have recorded low unemployment rates, even lower
than English-speaking monolinguals.

I was brought up to work hard, and achieve everything on
my own sweat, hard work, through studying, and whatever God
given talent I had.

My parents worked several shifts
in factories - to give
me and my brothers an education.
What we have we earned.

cont'd ...

otb,

It should also be noted that the early months
after arrival in a new country call for the greatest
adjustment, not only for the migrant, but also for
the local people who interact with the migrant.

Since Nino Culotta's humourous exposure of the problem
(1957), the literature on this topic has been growing
rapidly. I have provided you with a Bibliographic list
in the past on this subject.

'My parents worked several shifts
in factories - to give
me and my brothers an education.
What we have we earned.

You must have had wonderful parents Foxy. Its a pity that all Australians (including recent immigrants) do not have the same attitude as your parents. They obviously did not I have the 'government owes me' attitude so prevelant among unionist, government workers, academics and many welfare recipients today.

Dear runner,

Thank You for your kind words about my parents.
I think probably most children think their
parents are special people. It's also difficult
when discussing migrants, especially non-British
migrants, people are sometimes tempted to lump
all newcomers together and treat them as one
homogenous species. Nothing is further from the
truth. Australian immigrants vary a great deal
in their ethnic backgrounds, religions, and
educational levels. Their current social and
educational needs are not homogenous, either.

People have settled in Australia for various reasons.
My parents were refugees (Displaced persons). Others
have settled for economic reasons, change of lifestyle,
adventure, family reunions and so on.

I feel privileged (as I've stated many times in the past
on this forum) not only to have been able to make
a home here but also to have found my own sense of
belonging.

individual, "the left-winged Insipians"

I wouldn't call them an ethnic group, as they are devoid of and could never produce a culture.

They're more like a cult.

Associating only with cult members, speaking in codewords, voicing only permissible "truth", condemning non-believers as demonic and feeling very self-satisfied about it all.

Foxy, you belong in a museum.

Look at the portraits, the statues, the photographs of *who* built this nation.
White, White and more White.
You may need a Bex and a good lie down afterward.

"The fair-skinned Lithuanians"
"you are indistinguishable from ordinary Australians"

Precisely.

After just one generation nobody would even guess their ancestry is Lithuanian.
And these descendents would probably only identify as "Australians".

This *cannot* ever be the case with Mongoloid, Negroid, Dravidian or Austronesian/Malayo-Polynesian peoples, and is unlikely (depending on marriage selection) with Middle Eastern or Indo-Iranian people.

In 10 generations, they will still look in the mirror and see a square peg in a round hole.
And so will everyone else.

Their perpetual inner discomfort probably being projected on to and blamed on others, creating permanent alienation.

Happy times ahead!

However the subject Lituanians are not complaining. They thanked the soft-hearted Immigration Minister who had convinced his Labor colleagues to do something urgent to he done about the Lituanians he came across in a camp in war-devastated Europe to offer them sanctuary with no strings: without any background checks, no character test, no citizenship test or any other check (eg were they all on the side of the angels during WW2?). They had an open offer where they could have automatic citizenship any time they chose and could leave and return if they liked.

Here are the grateful Lithuanians presenting Caldwell with a gift of deep, heartfelt thanks, smiles everywhere,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/8400302435/

Everyone was in the same situation at the time and like all around them the Lituanians pitched in and did well. Good for them.

Here is another happy story,
http://www.slic.org.au/Community/People/Vic.htm

It is not the subject Lithuanians who have ever claimed any discrimination or ill-treatment at all. It is Foxy who is complaining and seeking victim status on their behalf while sinking her boots into Australia and Australians (well, perhaps exclusively booting those despised 'whites' [sic] from the UK it seems). Foxy's obsession :(