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Readership: Readers interested in the British Empire; students and scholars of Australian and imperial history.
Deryck Schreuder, Visiting Professor, The University of Sydney, and Stuart Ward, Associate Professor, Institute of English, German, and Romance Studies, Copenhagen University
"... an impressive book, adventurous in conception, and packed with challenging essays, several verging on sheer brilliance." - The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs
"...a timely re-evaluation of the influences that helped shape modern-day Australia...a fascinating companion to the Oxford History of the British Empire that should engage students and academics alike and all those interested in contemporary Australia and the shadow of its colonial past." - Lucy Popescu, Tribune
Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward: Introduction: What Became of Australia's Empire? Part I Contact: The projection of empire 1: Hobbles Danaiyarri: The Saga of Captain Cook 2: Alan Atkinson: Conquest 3: Richard Waterhouse: Settling the Land 4: Ann Curthoys: Indigenous Subjects 5: Anne Gray: New Visions from Old: Art and the Environment Part II Dynamics: The instruments of empire 6: John Hirst: Empire, State, Nation 7: Eric Richards: Migrations: The Career of White British Australia 8: Hilary M. Carey: Religion and Society 9: Geoffrey Bolton: Money: Trade, Investment and Economic Nationalism 10: Stuart Ward: Security: Defending Australia's Empire Part III Cultures: An imagined empire 11: Mark McKenna: Monarchy: From Reverence to Indifference 12: Joy Damousi: War and Commemoration: The Responsibility of Empire 13: Angela Woollacott: Gender and Sexuality 14: Richard White and Hsu-Ming Teo: Popular Culture 15: Neville Meaney: In History's Page: Identity and Myth Deryck M. Schreuder and Stuart Ward: Epilogue: After Empire