| Abstract: | Throughout the 1975-85 decade, most of Australia's Vietnamese refugees were housed initially in migrant centres located in major urban areas. In this study, the locations of the migrant centres in relation to subsequent relocation processes and patterns of settlement were examined The majority of secondary residential movements within the metropolitan area were within an 11 km radius of the migrant centre through which the Vietnamese entered Sydney. Patterns of visiting and shopping behaviour reinforced the strong consolidation of resettlement and activity behaviour within Sydney's southwestern metropolitan corridor, especially those areas with existing multi-ethnic concentrations of people. The growth of earlier clusters of settlement continues, accompanied by some reconcentration in the inner west and some emerging dispersal It is suggested that this sample study may reflect similar trends within the total Vietnamese community in Sydney. |
