02798oam 2200469z 450 991016275970332120241120175129.0(CKB)3580000000002120(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48507(oapen)doab36678(oapen)doab48507(EXLCZ)99358000000000212020200113d2015uuuu -u- |engurcn|nnnauuuurdacontentrdamediardacarrierGeorges Baudoux's Jean M'Barai the Trepang fisherman /translated and with a critical introduction by Karin SpeedyUTS ePRESS2015Broadway, NSW, Australia :UTS ePRESS,[2015]1 online resource (145 pages) illustrations, maps9780994503923 099450392X 9780994503916 0994503911 Includes bibliographical references."Between 1860 and 1910, Australian governments sanctioned and then tried to stop the trafficking of South Sea Islanders ​to Queensland as forced labourers. Over 60,000 Islanders were lured from their villages: tricked, transported, forced to work in the harsh Queensland bush, and then repatriated. Most Islanders returned with little savings to find their communities deeply scarred by the blackbirding trade and the internecine tribal conflict it had provoked. Georges Baudoux (1865-1949) was brought up amongst the Islanders who experienced the raw and competing greed of French, British and Australian colonialism. Son of a French prison commander stationed in New Caledonia, Baudoux lead a colourful life amongst the Pacific islands and deep in the brousse (bush) before becoming an author and capturing the stories of his travels and, importantly, the experiences of friends and colleagues as life in the islands changed forever. In recognition of his work, he was awarded the esteemed Palmes Académiques, the French medal for literary and academic achievement."--Publisher's website.Georges Baudoux's: Jean M'Barai the Trepang fishermanGeorges Baudoux'sNew Caledonian fiction (French)Translations into EnglishHistory and criticismNew Caledonian fiction (French)Translations into EnglishNew Caledonian fiction (French)Translations into EnglishHistory and criticism.New Caledonian fiction (French)Translations into English.Baudoux Georges1870-1949,894879Speedy KarinCKBNTSMBOOK9910162759703321Georges Baudoux's Jean M'Barai the Trepang fisherman1999320UNINA