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Riverside and Rangesview: urban to rural migration in two areas of Western Australia's Great Southern region

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Byles-Drage, Helen
  • Journal Name: 2nd National Conference on the Future of Australia's Country Towns
  • ISBN: 1920948848
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

Why do people migrate to rural communities and how well do they settle? Locals and immigrants in Riverside and Rangesview, in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, were surveyed on why they lived in a rural area, the positive factors related to a rural lifestyle, problems associated with the move, their efforts to overcome these problems and their level of support for newcomers to their area. Respondents self rated their level of life satisfaction.

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