Title The Buddhists in Australia / Enid Adam and Philip J. Hughes

Published Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1996

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Description xii, 71 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm Series Religious community profiles Religious community profiles (Australia. Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research) Summary Provides an account of the early development of Buddhism in Australia and describes the way it is practiced and organized in Australia. It outlines how recent immigration from Asia has resulted in the proliferation of Buddhist communities in the light of 1991 Census data and includes an examination of contempory Australian Buddhists Analysis Australian ethnic groups Buddhism Buddhism - Australia - History History Immigration Interstate comparisons Statistics Notes "Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research" Includes tables Series General Editor: Philip J. Hughes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-71) Subject Buddhism -- Australia -- History. Buddhism -- Australia. Buddhists -- Australia -- Census, 1991. Buddhists -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Census, 1991. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001907 Author Hughes, Philip J. Australia. Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural, and Population Research. LC no. 97209546 ISBN 064435805X 0644459069

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