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'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 expatriatism, 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'.' (Publication summary)
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Contents
- More Than Just Barry, Clive and Germaine : An Overview of Australians in Britain, single work criticism (p. 1.1-1.9)
- Australian Women in London : Surveying the Twentieth Century, single work criticism (p. 3.1-3.12)
- Reading the British Australasian Community in London 1884-1924, single work criticism (p. 7.1-7.14)
- 'The Crumbs Are Better Than a Feast Elsewhere' : Australian Journalists on Fleet Street, single work criticism (p. 8.1-8.19)
- 'Home' Becomes Away : Melburnians in Oxford in the 1920s, single work criticism (p. 9.1-9.10)
- Australian Books, Publishers and Writers in England 1900-1940, single work criticism (p. 10.1-10.19)
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Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June vol. 36 no. 2 2012; (p. 258-259)
— Review of Australians in Britain : The Twentieth Century Experience 2009 anthology criticism
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Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , June vol. 36 no. 2 2012; (p. 258-259)
— Review of Australians in Britain : The Twentieth Century Experience 2009 anthology criticism