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Australia...the Census...and ongoing Manners

You Have to Be Taught... “You've got to be taught to hate and fear,  You've got to be taught from year to year,  It's got to be drummed In your dear little ear You've got to be carefully taught. You've got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made  And people whose skin is a different shade You've got to be carefully taught. You've got to be taught before it's too late  Before you are six or seven or eight To hate all the people your relatives hate You've got to be carefully taught” (Rogers and Hammerstein) I wrote about immigration in Australia and The White Australia Policy   recently   and it has been interesting to receive feedback...and to reread my emails following the Census release this week. When I was a child of 7 my father, as an exchange naval officer, attended   Fort Queenscliff Army Staff Colle ge .   It was a magicial time.  One of open eyes for a young child, wit...