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About a third of all registered marriages in Australia are intercultural. Experts say the increase in such relationships in Australia, marriage or otherwise, reflects a sense of social cohesion and acceptance more broadly. But interracial marriage was once frowned upon and restricted by the state. This, coupled with an added social pressure, sought to discourage people from engaging in intercultural relationships. This episode of Who we are explores the history of interracial relationships in Australia, and their associated triumphs and challenges. Hannah Kwon chats with Chinese-born writer Angie Tsui – who had three separate weddings with her Bangladeshi husband – along with Kenyan-born Stella Adlike, who met her husband while studying at university in Perth. Hear from Carolyn Cage, who speaks about navigating her identity as a mixed raced Australian and law graduate Helen Nguyen’s negative experiences with relationship power imbalances and the Scanlon Foundation’s Trish Prent

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