Pollyana

Don't think its any worse or any better than most other parts of Australia nowadays. The more remote you go the more comments you may get but if its your daughter you're worried about kids are kids wherever they are. Many Queensland schools now have a huge number of immigrant children, white or otherwise, as wel as those born to previous migrants, and also many aboriginal children as well.

Bermudashorts

Googley, you see, to be reading some very odd things here. A state cannot be prejudiced as a whole, only individuals bear prejudices and these individuals are in a minority and can live in any part of the country. Same as in UK.

moneypenny20

Sorry but that's nonsense. Also if someone is considered 'pure Australian' they're more likely to be Aborigine than anything else. Do you have any idea exactly how huge Queensland is? To claim 'it's' racist is bizarre, I don't know who you are talking to or what you're reading but they're/it's wrong. People are racist, not places and there are just under 5 million people here. Some will be racist as there are arseholes everywhere but most are not (in my limited experience).

Tr1boy

Do you have any idea how many mixed race relationships there are in Oz? (the answer is lots).

jad n rich

But you would move to a country with crazy misguided perceptions that are completely removed anything like Australia. Sorry, I am not trying to be rude. But beachy Canberra,flu and sickness free Australia, pure Australians?? !!!.... It sounds from your house budget you or your partner could easily afford to visit the dream land, get a reality check/research trip underway asap!

spouse of scouse

I was a pure Australian until I was 16, when I met a hunky surfer dude one night on the beach

moneypenny20

Beoz

Ho ho. That's a cracker of a paragraph. The "prejudice" of what you said is outstanding.

I wouldn't live in Queensland for many reasons but none to do with colour prejudice.

Look up a photo of the Queensland State of Origin team and tell me what colour the bulk of the players are.

Tr1boy

I the OP is given to sweeping generalizations as they've made a similar one about school placements in MBTTUK.

We need a Daily Fail detox, STAT!

Dorothy

You dirty girl.

Pomster

Indeed. Even here in suburban Melbourne, my mixed up little kid is just part of the crowd. The blond kids are the ones who stand out!

In my daughter's class of 22, there are children from : America (Afro American), Somalia, Wales, Lebanon, Germany, Netherlands, Hungary, Vietnam- they are just the ones I know.

jad n rich

That is so true

My youngest is 185cm, white hair ( natural white not dyed ) alabaster skin, and pale blue eyes. We live in a very multi cultural area close to a huge vietnamese area. People especially when we first arrived just gawp at him. Small children look up and point

Its kinda funny but a little bit annoying now. Hes a student paramedic and on prac they had to do patient pick ups, mostly elderly, they all used to comment things like how lovely he was, one said he looked like a angel, poor lady obviously does not know him

Middle son and I are a more regular height but blonde and green eyes, not unusual to get comments. My Doctor is the funniest, from Sri lanka, loves my still slightly brit accent, and jokes about me being from the Great British Empire

Tr1boy

Our daughter is having a bet each way, sometimes to me she looks Anglo enough to be from Cronulla, other times she looks Asian enough to be from Eastwood.

Living in Winchester in the UK, everyone assumes that she is one of the many kids from China being prepped for the £15k per Pilgrims Scool, then they see our car.