Pioneers

1.    Do the second generation of migrants have an easier time than the first? 

- It is easier for the younger generations to pick up the language skills

- The second generation, having been in Australia longer than the first generation are more used to the food, language and general Australian day-to-day life

- The second generation are less likely to cling onto their original backgrounds to become more multicultural in Australia

2.    Why do the pioneers choose to come to Australia? Do you think that their reasons are always clear, even to them?

- I don’t believe their ideas about Australia are clear to them

- Pioneers choose to come to Australia because they have a reason for leaving; bankruptcy, family problems, war, mass killings and government control are a few issues.

3.    How do the pioneers’ lives change when they come to Australia?

- Their lives change because they are considered individual people with feelings and are welcomed with open arms into the multicultural family

- The pioneers will be able to see others who have had to leave their country with similar reasons and the pioneers will be able to see they are not the only ones with these country problems.

4.    What elements do they choose to bring with them when they migrate? And which do they reject? Why?

- Choose to bring their language, culture and foods

- They reject some habits of their culture which are considered irregular in the new country because it is easier for them to bond with others being the same as everybody else

5.    What tricks do the pioneers learn to assist them in belonging to Australian culture?

- Language – day-to-day conversations and talking to strangers

- Lots of friends from different cultures

- To become accustomed to the Australian lifestyle

- Learning to get along with everybody