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Latvians rehearse for Sydney Festival 1959

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[A12111, 1/1959/17/30]

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Latvians

Sydney's Latvians arrived in two major flows, fleeing the aftermath of the 1905 revolution in Tsarist Russia, and later as part of the postwar immigration that changed Sydney in the 1950s. While the first group were largely leftist and later pro-Soviet, the later arrivals were anti-Soviet and fiercely defended and maintained their culture and language. Since Latvia's independence in 1991, ties with the home country have strengthened.

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