Dragon And Kangaroo. Australia And China's Shared History From The Goldfields To The Present Day

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 352 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The fascinating story of the Chinese presence in and influence on this country - our intertwined history from colonial times to today.Chinese presence in Australia extends from well before the time of Captain Cook - trading with northern Australia long before Europeans came here - right through to the present day, with Chinese activities ranging from being the main customer for our iron ore, to their very extensive intelligence operations here.Robert Macklin, bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Hamilton Hume and Dark Paradise, has traced a new history of the two nations. Macklins engrossing narrative reaches from pre-colonial times, to John Macarthurs coolie shepherds, the only Chinese bushranger, Sam Pu, and the multiple atrocities committed against the Chinese in the gold rush; through to the 20th century, where the two Australians - Morrison of Peking and William Donald - played a significant role in the downfall of the last Chinese emperor and the creation of the first republic, before World War II and decades of Cold War brinkmanship; to our current economic bonds and Australias role in the dangerous geopolitics of the South China Sea.Dragon and Kangaroo is an absorbing account of a vastly underestimated part of Australias story: this is our shared history, from an immensely important - and entirely new - angle.

ISBN: 9780733634031