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Henderson, Robyn – Education in Rural Australia, 2005
This paper investigates stories that are told in a North Queensland rural community about the arrival of itinerant farm workers for the winter harvesting season. Permanent residents often represent this annual event as an invasion of the community by undesirable people who break the law, exacerbate racial tensions and take jobs from locals. Such…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Rural Farm Residents