LEADER 02798oam 2200469z 450 001 9910162759703321 005 20241120175129.0 035 $a(CKB)3580000000002120 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48507 035 $a(oapen)doab36678 035 $a(oapen)doab48507 035 $a(EXLCZ)993580000000002120 100 $a20200113d2015uuuu -u- | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|nnnauuuu 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aGeorges Baudoux's Jean M'Barai the Trepang fisherman /$ftranslated and with a critical introduction by Karin Speedy 210 $cUTS ePRESS$d2015 210 1$aBroadway, NSW, Australia :$cUTS ePRESS,$d[2015] 215 $a1 online resource (145 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 08$a9780994503923 311 08$a099450392X 311 08$a9780994503916 311 08$a0994503911 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $a"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. 517 1 $aGeorges Baudoux's: Jean M'Barai the Trepang fisherman 517 1 $aGeorges Baudoux's 606 $aNew Caledonian fiction (French)$xTranslations into English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNew Caledonian fiction (French)$xTranslations into English 615 0$aNew Caledonian fiction (French)$xTranslations into English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNew Caledonian fiction (French)$xTranslations into English. 700 $aBaudoux$b Georges$f1870-1949,$0894879 702 $aSpeedy$b Karin 801 0$bCKB 801 2$bNTSM 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162759703321 996 $aGeorges Baudoux's Jean M'Barai the Trepang fisherman$91999320 997 $aUNINA