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Connecting with India
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wanderings in India : Australian Perspectives 2012; (p. 138-148)'Geographical isolation and innate curiosity have long motivated Australians to leave their shores and travel far and wide to broaden their horizons and experience cultural and social differences with countries established long before explorers began to map Australia. As well as responding to the touristic impulse, there is also the patriotic one of planting Australia’s name abroad, particularly in times of war. This essay looks at the writings of some of the travellers who converged on India, long before the hippy trail of the 1970s, through a historical lens, and compares these writings with a sample of those written later in the 20th century and the shifts in their perceptions and social and cultural awareness which evolved in modern times. India, which had long been purely a brief stopover on the P&O route for Australians, became a desirable place in its own right in the late 20th century, a mysterious subcontinent that signified high adventure and the exoticism of the other.' (Introduction)
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A Raj Connection : Anglo-Indian Fiction in Australia
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 370-380) The essay focuses on the fiction that links India and Australia in the writing of the Indian diaspora in Australia, and Australian writing about India. -
Glimpses of India -- A Military Dekko
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Explorations in Australian Literature 2006; (p. 42-50) Susan Cowan addresses the work of three Australian writers 'who converged on India where they lived and wrote long before the hippy trial of the 70s'. Cowan chooses to focus on the 'military angle' due to her 'personal exposure to the military environment'. -
The Anglo-Indian (Raj) Diaspora in Australasia
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Diaspora : The Australasian Experience 2005; (p. 177-187) The term 'Anglo-Indian (Raj)' is used to identify the white colonial population of India rather than the 'mixed-race' community to whom the term is now most usually applied. Crane describes how links between Australia and India were already established by the early nineteenth century. He then goes on to compare two pieces of 'mutiny literature' - the short story 'Mrs James Greene', from Ethel Anderson's Indian Tales (1948), and Sir Gilbert Leigh or Pages from the History of an Eventful Life, a little known novel by New Zealand writer W. L. Rees.
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Glimpses of India -- A Military Dekko
2006
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Explorations in Australian Literature 2006; (p. 42-50) Susan Cowan addresses the work of three Australian writers 'who converged on India where they lived and wrote long before the hippy trial of the 70s'. Cowan chooses to focus on the 'military angle' due to her 'personal exposure to the military environment'. -
The Anglo-Indian (Raj) Diaspora in Australasia
2005
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Diaspora : The Australasian Experience 2005; (p. 177-187) The term 'Anglo-Indian (Raj)' is used to identify the white colonial population of India rather than the 'mixed-race' community to whom the term is now most usually applied. Crane describes how links between Australia and India were already established by the early nineteenth century. He then goes on to compare two pieces of 'mutiny literature' - the short story 'Mrs James Greene', from Ethel Anderson's Indian Tales (1948), and Sir Gilbert Leigh or Pages from the History of an Eventful Life, a little known novel by New Zealand writer W. L. Rees. -
A Raj Connection : Anglo-Indian Fiction in Australia
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Down Under : Australian Literary Studies Reader 2009; (p. 370-380) The essay focuses on the fiction that links India and Australia in the writing of the Indian diaspora in Australia, and Australian writing about India. -
Connecting with India
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Wanderings in India : Australian Perspectives 2012; (p. 138-148)'Geographical isolation and innate curiosity have long motivated Australians to leave their shores and travel far and wide to broaden their horizons and experience cultural and social differences with countries established long before explorers began to map Australia. As well as responding to the touristic impulse, there is also the patriotic one of planting Australia’s name abroad, particularly in times of war. This essay looks at the writings of some of the travellers who converged on India, long before the hippy trail of the 1970s, through a historical lens, and compares these writings with a sample of those written later in the 20th century and the shifts in their perceptions and social and cultural awareness which evolved in modern times. India, which had long been purely a brief stopover on the P&O route for Australians, became a desirable place in its own right in the late 20th century, a mysterious subcontinent that signified high adventure and the exoticism of the other.' (Introduction)
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cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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