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Australia and the Pacific : a history / by Ian Hoskins.

Australia and the Pacific : a history / by Ian Hoskins.
Australia and the Pacific :
Australia & the Pacific is a revealing new way of looking at Australian history. Ian Hoskins, award-winning author of Sydney Harbour and Coast, expands his gaze to examine Australia's story in a Pacific context; from our relationship with neighbours Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and New Zealand to our complex ties with China, Japan and the United States. Beginning with the shifting of the continents, this sweeping narrative goes on to describe the coming of the first Australians and, thousands of years later, the arrival of the Europeans who dispossessed them. Hoskins explores the colonists' attempts to exploit the riches of the region while keeping 'white Australia' separate from the Asians, Melanesians and Polynesians who surrounded them, and how the advent of modern human rights and the creation of the UN after World War II changed Australia. And, more recently, the offshore detention of asylum seekers, the current debates over climate change and Australia's responsibilities towards its threatened neighbours.

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Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date
327.94/HOS
Adult Non-Fiction   Port Macquarie . Available .  
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Record Number 663912
ISBN 9781742235691
1742235697
Author Hoskins, Ian
Title Australia and the Pacific : a history / by Ian Hoskins.
Alternative title Australia and the Pacific
Publication details Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth, 2021.
Pagination etc. 489 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Summary Note Australia & the Pacific is a revealing new way of looking at Australian history. Ian Hoskins, award-winning author of Sydney Harbour and Coast, expands his gaze to examine Australia's story in a Pacific context; from our relationship with neighbours Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and New Zealand to our complex ties with China, Japan and the United States. Beginning with the shifting of the continents, this sweeping narrative goes on to describe the coming of the first Australians and, thousands of years later, the arrival of the Europeans who dispossessed them. Hoskins explores the colonists' attempts to exploit the riches of the region while keeping 'white Australia' separate from the Asians, Melanesians and Polynesians who surrounded them, and how the advent of modern human rights and the creation of the UN after World War II changed Australia. And, more recently, the offshore detention of asylum seekers, the current debates over climate change and Australia's responsibilities towards its threatened neighbours.
Subject Diplomatic relations
Australia -- Foreign relations -- Pacific Area
Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- Australia
Pacific Area
Australia -- History
Pacific Area -- History
History
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