North of Capricorn : the untold story of Australia's north
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North of Capricorn : the untold story of Australia's north
Allen & Unwin, 2005
- : pbk
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"First published in 2003. This paperback edition published in 2005" -- T. p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
'This scintillating account by Henry Reynolds, a revisionist history in its best sense, is a door opening wide onto [another Australia].'- Nicolas Rothwell, The Australian 'Reynolds reveals yet another forgotten aspect of our shared history.' - The Age 'This is a fine book, logically and convincingly argued.' - John Bailey, The Age 'This comprehensive history will add a significant dimension to our self-understanding.' - Nigel Kraus, Newcastle Herald 'History may be in the past but, as this book demonstrates, it has an unsettling habit of entering the present.' - Christopher Bantick, Sunday Tasmanian When you stand on Cape York, at Australia's northernmost tip, you are closer to Vanuatu than Canberra, as close to Manila as Melbourne. The tension between Australia's Southeast Asian geography and its British colonial history is a key to understanding the country's identity. And nowhere was this more vividly played out than in the towns of Australia's tropical north during the last years of the nineteenth century. These towns - from Mackay to Broome - were successful, dynamic, multi-racial societies peopled with Melanesian cane workers, Chine
目次
Introduction1. Aboriginal Australia 2. The Black Workforce3. Mackay and the Melanesians 4. 'Eating with the Chows' - The Chinese in Far North Queensland5. Thursday Island - A Multi-racial Gibraltar6. Darwin and the Chinese Territorians7. Broome: 'An Ethnological Museum'8. The Confronting North9. Unity of Race10. White Australia - Its Victims and CriticsNotesIndex
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