The Latvians in Sydney

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Robert Crawford

Abstract

People of various ethnic backgrounds who left the regions that comprise modern-day Latvia have long been in Sydney. The two major inflows of ethnic Latvians into Sydney occurred in the aftermath of the 1905 revolution in Tsarist Russia and then in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The organisation and activities of Latvians in Sydney reflect the changing nature of the local community as well as Latvia’s changing political situation.

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Sydney's People
Author Biography

Robert Crawford, King's College London

Research Fellow Menzies Centre for Australian Studies