
African respondents wished to maintain home country links. Italian and Greek respondents focused on developing links with host and other cultures.

All ethnic participants shared views on social connectedness Vietnamese, Chinese and Indian participants expressed a strong need to maintain links with their home culture and develop links with the host culture. inclusion: 1) social connectedness 2) link with home culture 3) link with host and other cultures and 4) inclusive initiatives. Four themes were identified that are linked to social.

Respondents were from established (Italian, Greek), moderately established (Chinese Vietnamese, Indian) and newly settled (African) communities. Qualitative data from 20 interviews and six focus groups (N=37) were examined.

This study analyzes arts attendance of six ethnic communities in Australia using social inclusion as a theoretical lens.
