australia in the asia-pacific

A series of inter-linked projects that explore Australia's place in the Asia-Pacific region. Researchers in this program examine aspects of pre-colonial and colonial interaction between polities and peoples, as well as the history of Australia's engagement in the region since Federation. These research projects are organised under two themes:

• Colonial Encounters - projects that examine Australia's colonial history of engagement in South East Asia, including the presence of indentured labour in the tropical north.
• Constructing the Australian Nation - a series of projects that draw on historical records as well as contemporary debates to examine Australia's relations with its nearest neighbours in South East Asia and the Pacific, and the significance of these relations for the construction of the Australian nation.

Colonial Encounters

• Labour migration from the Netherlands East Indies to northern Australia (Julia Martínez)
• In Service of Empire? Domestic Servants and Colonial Mastery in Darwin and Singapore, 1890-1942 (Claire Lowrie)
• Post-Colonial Education in Fiji (Pam Nilan)
• Religion and the regrounding of sovereignty in Papua New Guinea (Andrew Lattas)
• Government, Religion and the Problem of Moral Order in Contemporary Papua New Guinea (Andrew Lattas)
• Muslims and Christians: Women, Religious Nationalism and Sustainability in the Asia Pacific Region (Santi Rozario and Geoffrey Samuel, with Terry Lovat and Hilary Carey)
• Genetics, Religion and Identity: A Study of Bangladeshi Muslims in Britain (Santi Rozario and Sophie Gilliat-Ray)
• The Challenge of Islam: Young Bangladeshis, Marriage and Family in Bangladesh and the UK (Santi Rozario and Geoffrey Samuel)

Constructing the Australian Nation

• The social consequences of external intervention in the Solomon Islands (Kylie Evans)
• Hidden Histories of Occupation: Australians in Hiroshima, 1945-1952 (Christine de Matos)
• Australia's Multiculturalism and Asia Pacific Regionalism (Patrick Brownlee)
• The ‘Neighbour’ to our North: An examination of Australia’s Foreign Policy in relation to Indonesia from 1991-2006 (Margaret Hanlon)
• Floating in between the Orient and the Occident: Japan, Australia and “orientalism” (Yoko Harada)
• A History of Australian Journalism in Indonesia (Ross Tapsell)
• Bali and Beyond: Reflections on Terrorism, Conflict and (Re)Engagement (Peter Kell)
• Kicking Goals: Globalisation, Football and Diversity in Western Melbourne (Peter Kell)