LEADER 02955nam 2200517 450 001 9910440650403321 005 20231110225615.0 010 $a1-76046-415-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000011785034 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6519022 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6519022 035 $a(OCoLC)1232438653 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64059 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011785034 100 $a20220530d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAustralian travellers in the South Seas /$fNicholas Halter 210 $aCanberra$cANU Press$d2021 210 1$aCanberra, ACT :$cANU Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (396 pages) 225 1 $aPacific 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Note -- Introduction -- 1. Fluid Boundaries and Ambiguous Identities -- 2. Steamships and Tourists -- 3. Polynesian Promises -- 4. Degrees of Savagery -- 5. In Search of a Profitable Pacific -- 6. Conflict, Convicts and the Condominium -- 7. Preserving Health and Race in the Tropics -- Conclusion -- Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Australian Travel Writing -- Bibliography. 330 $aThis book offers a wide-ranging survey of Australian engagement with the Pacific Islands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through over 100 hitherto largely unexplored accounts of travel, the author explores how representations of the Pacific Islands in letters, diaries, reminiscences, books, newspapers and magazines contributed to popular ideas of the Pacific Islands in Australia. It offers a range of valuable insights into continuities and changes in Australian regional perspectives, showing that ordinary Australians were more closely connected to the Pacific Islands than has previously been acknowledged. Addressing the theme of travel as a historical, literary and imaginative process, this cultural history probes issues of nation and empire, race and science, commerce and tourism by focusing on significant episodes and encounters in history. This is a foundational text for future studies of Australia's relations with the Pacific, and histories of travel generally. 410 0$aPacific 606 $aTravelers' writings, Australian$xHistory and criticism 607 $aIslands of the Pacific$xDescription and travel 610 $atravel writing 610 $aPacific Islands 610 $aTourism 610 $atravel 610 $aAustralian history 615 0$aTravelers' writings, Australian$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a820.935894 700 $aHalter$b Nicholas$0852526 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910440650403321 996 $aAustralian Travellers in the South Seas$91903697 997 $aUNINA