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Australians. He saw racism and ignorance. Experiencing this in his new country was difficult and demoralizing. His vision of a culturally rich, more tolerant Australia by the integration of different
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Tasmanian community. Never one to be backward in coming forward he frequently cornered politicians as to their views and accountability on ethnic affairs. A favourite story relates to Albert putting his comments to poetry at otherwise boring conferences. He
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and regularly sought out for his advice on multicultural matters. Albert was an active member of the
Federated Ethnic Communities Council of Australia. Soon after he turned 80 FECCA had been left without staff in Canberra so he left his home state of Tasmania and went and staffed it by himself.
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Pagonis, past Director of Immigration in Hobart established the biannual Albert Schlüter Scholarship in 2020 awarded to outstanding young leaders allowing them to attend and present at the Federated Ethnic Community Council conferences.
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Schlüter followed in his father's footsteps and enlisted in the German Army at the beginning of WW2 and rose to the rank of lieutenant. He was twice decorated with the
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