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The Lebanese have become one of the largest immigrant populations in Australia and mark a major departure from the earliest preference for British and Continental European settlers. The recent migration of Lebanese has intensified religious diversity in Australia with Moslem, Maronite Christian, Antiochan Orthodox, Melkite and Druze communities all being in evidence. Over three-quarters of the more than 45,000 Lebanese in Australia, as the result of strong village chain migrations, have settled in metropolitan Sydney where many have formed separate religious and village clusters based strongly on kin ties, rather than anyone Lebanese ethnic quarter. While quite strong residential concentration has occurred this resembles that of immigrant populations from southern Europe and while higher unemployment has occurred recently, there is evidence of considerable residential mobility and dispersion within the first generation in Sydney.

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Lebanese Migration and Settlement in Sydney,Australia

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