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(2013) Buddhist voices in school, Rotterdam, SensePublishers.

Buddhism in Australia

Sue Erica Smith

pp. 9-18

On the northern shores of Australia there are two stands of banyan trees, a legacy of the early Buddhists in Australia which serves as a reminder of the past for future generations. Sinhalese cane cutters who had arrived in Mackay to angry racist protests and hard labour in the cane fields during the 1870-80s found solace and a compatriot community with pearlers on Thursday Island.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-6209-416-1_2

Full citation:

Smith, S. (2013). Buddhism in Australia, in Buddhist voices in school, Rotterdam, SensePublishers, pp. 9-18.

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