Book description
Much is known about British migration to Australia and
something is known of British communities in Australia, but knowledge,
particularly quantitative, of the reverse process is very sketchy. The
phenomenon has been acknowledged but little explored. There are a number of
important studies of significant Australians in the UK, and there has been
recent research on the current Australian diaspora, but there is no study of
the overall Australian presence, its constituents or its characteristics.
Developments in this field of research offer an important window on how
Australians related to the 'British world' historically and on the dynamism
of the contemporary relationship.
Australians in Britain is an edited collection of papers of
international research on the character and experience of overseas
Australians and Australian communities in Britain since c.1901. It offers a
comprehensive overview of current scholarship in this exciting, new and
developing field of inquiry. This book has a contemporary focus, drawing on
both recent and historical experiences with a view to understanding
continuing trends, such as the consistent preponderance of women and the
recent surge in young professionals, and issues such as expatriation,
imperialism, globalisation, national identity and overseas citizenship.
This book will appeal to scholars of Australian Studies (within Australia
and Britain especially), History, Demography, Literary and Cultural studies
and Tourism. The topics of this book range from Australians in Britain
(especially London), including artists, literary intellectuals, students,
women, tourists and travellers, servicemen, nurses, teachers and
journalists, global professionals; the changing community; demographic
trends; migration; links between the two countries; Australian newspapers in
London; and Australia in the 'British world'.
About the author
Carl Bridge is Professor and Head of the Menzies Centre
for Australian Studies. He was one of the organisers of the 2005
Symposium on Australians in Britain jointly organised by the Menzies
Centre and the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash. His
recent publications include, with Kent Fedorowich, The British World.
Diaspora, Culture and Identity (Cass, 2003), with Ian Henderson,
Australia's Britain (Meanjin, 3, 2004), and A Delicate Mission: The
Washington Diaries of R.G. Casey, 1940-42 (National Library of
Australia, 2008).
Robert Crawford is a Senior Lecturer in Public Communication at
the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the author of But Wait
There's More ...: A History of Australian Advertising, 1900–2000 (2008).
As the MSA Research Fellow at Menzies Centre for Australian Studies,
King's College London, and Monash University, he recently completed a
study of South Africans in contemporary Britain.
David Dunstan is Deputy Director and Senior Lecturer with the
National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. He was one
of the organisers of the 2005 Symposium on Australians in Britain
jointly organised by the National Centre and the Menzies Centre for
Australian Studies, King's College London. One of his recent
publications includes the Encyclopedia of Melbourne (2005) of which he
was an Associate editor.
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