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Show The Salt Lake Tribune. Sunday, March 19s. A 14. 13 Australia Becoming Multilingual Society Bv Peter O'Loughlin Asswiated Press Writer SA L)EY, Australia Tliis country is changing so rapidly from a nearly English-speakinoutpost of Britain to a multicultural, multilingual society that some Australians think it has an identity crisis One of them is temus star John Newcumbe. now a millionaire businessman and chairman of the National Australia Day Committee. "Today we are confused about who we are, Newcombe says. "There are many identities of people in Australia and there is lots of confusion about what an Australian identity is. The Aussie image of cricket, rugby, roast beef and Yorkshire pudding has been taking a battering lately Each day Australians from scores of racial and ethnic backgrounds tune into radio broadcasts in 52 languages. On Sydney's Channel 28. a television viewer is likely to see a French movie, a German documentary, a Greek variety show or an Arabic comedy. Forms in 11 Languages Australian telephone books have instructions in six languages, including Turkish and Forms for the recent census were printed in 11 languages. In the past 25 years, immigrants have come from 100 different countries There are now 2.3(H) ethnic organizations in Australia. Australia has accepted more than KO.otH) Indochinese refugees since 1975. Before World War 11, 95 percent of Australians were of Anglo-Celti- c stock. The figure has fallen steadily to GO g Serbo-Croatia- n. 30 Jaguar Jaguar II to percent today Government planners and leaders of tlie ethnic communities say the future ol multicultural Australian depends on the success of the official program of integration rather than assimilation The emphasis is on building a multicultural, pluralist society in which immigrants are encouraged to maintain their culture. Can't Abandon Ways ol the d can't ask population to abandon their ways of living, or marrying, or dying, and expect them to conform with the Australian ways, said Paolo Totaro. chairman of the New South Wales Ethnic Affairs Commission. '"You one-thir- And its not expected anymore. Totaro added. There is certainly a new Australian ethos which has been created which is- more liberal and tolerant and has a higher level of social concern than there was a generation ago. John Menadue. secretary of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, is the architect of the current immigration policy which welcomes only immigrants with needed skills, or with family in the country. 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