Migration and Faith: Places of Worship in a Multicultural Community

"The cosmopolitan character of the residents of Australian cities has often been shown and it is in their worship that the various nations represented in our midst receives most definite demonstration. The Greek Orthodox Church has a small but increasing community in Melbourne, numbering about 150 Greeks and 50 Syrians, and it is now decided to build immediately, at a cost of about $3,000 a new Greek Church".

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Cedar Prest: Community Art and Spirituality

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Swingtime, East Coast - West Coast: Works from the 1960s-1970s in The University of Western Australia Art Collection

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Art, Trash and Religion: the Serrano Affair revisited.

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Building a picture: Interviews with Australian Artists by Gary Catalano

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