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Cambodians

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Cambodians
Wat Khemarangsaram
Cambodian-Australian Welfare Council
Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community of New South Wales
Kang, David
Long Sakkhone
Savath Pou
Buntha Nhem, left, with two other Cambodian orphans at Burnside children's home in North Parramatta 1983
Cambodian English class 1986
Cambodian New Year, Khmer Temple, Canley Vale April 2010
Cambodian dancer, Vesak Day celebration 2007
Cambodian monks in Khmer temple Wat Rattananam, Cabramatta, January 2010
Kampuchea Krom Cultural Centre of NSW Cabramatta 2009
Wat Khemarangsaram, Bonnyrigg 2010

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Cambodians

Cambodians

Cambodians began coming to Australian in the 1970s, after the fall of their country's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. A large part of the existing community arrived in the 1980s as refugees or as family reunion migrants. Most Cambodian Sydneysiders live in the Fairfield area, and community life centres on the Khmer temples found there and on the commercial and cultural centre of Cabramatta.

Wat Khemarangsaram

Buddhist temple built by the Khmer community.

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Cambodian-Australian Welfare Council

Community organisation formed as the Khmer Interagency in 1983 after a meeting at the Cabramatta Migrant Hostel.

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Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community of New South Wales

Organisation formed to promote the interests of Khmer people from Vietnam, who identify as Cambodian.

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Kang, David

Barrister who as a university student fired a starting pistol near Prince Charles to protest the plight of Cambodian refugees.

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Long Sakkhone

Cambodian Buddhist monk who arrived in Sydney in the mid-1980s.

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Savath Pou

Cambodian-born Sydneysider who was a senator in the Cambodian government until 2001.

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Buntha Nhem, left, with two other Cambodian orphans at Burnside children's home in North Parramatta 1983

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Contributed By
New South Wales Migration Heritage Centre
[Buntha Nhem Burnside dorm]
(from 'Leaving Cambodia: stories of Sydney's Pol Pot Survivors')

Cambodian English class 1986

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Contributed By
National Archives of Australia
[A12111:2/1986/46A/6]

Cambodian New Year, Khmer Temple, Canley Vale April 2010

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By
James White
Contributed By
Flickr
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwandc3/4533889207/]

Cambodian dancer, Vesak Day celebration 2007

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By
sachman75
Contributed By
Flickr
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sacharules/649382014/]

Cambodian monks in Khmer temple Wat Rattananam, Cabramatta, January 2010

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By
James White
Contributed By
Flickr
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwandc3/4281325428/]

Kampuchea Krom Cultural Centre of NSW Cabramatta 2009

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By
Jenny McInerney
Contributed By
Private collection

Wat Khemarangsaram, Bonnyrigg 2010

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By
soapngeth
Contributed By
Flickr
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/soapngeth/5239523820/]

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