Resettling refugees in rural and regional Australia: Learning from recent policy and program initiatives

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-111

  McDonald Wilmsen, Brooke ^a   Gifford, Sandra M ^a   Webster, Kim ^b   Wiseman, John ^c   Casey, Sue ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victorian Health Promotion Foundation   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia's refugee program; Commonwealth government refugee and humanitarian policy; Refugee resettlement; Rural and regional resettlement; Victorian case studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249189703     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2008.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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