Matthew Jordan

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Documents on Australian Foreign Policy

Australia and Nauru: Phosphate, Trusteeship and the Resettlement Issue 1945-1962

Herausgeber: Milner, Colin; Henningham, Stephen

Beschreibung

Explore Australia's complex relationship with Nauru during a pivotal era. This volume unveils meticulously researched documents detailing Australia's administration of Nauru from 1945 to 1962. Delve into the phosphate mining industry, the UN trusteeship, and the controversial resettlement issue. Chart the transformation from colonial dynamic to Nauru's emergence as a sovereign nation. Discover the interplay of Australian, Nauruan, and international interests in this critical period of Pacific history. Uncover the untold story of Australia's approach to Nauru, its complexities, and its lasting impact. Gain insights into the challenges of balancing economic interests with moral obligations in a colonial context. This volume is for historians, political scientists, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Australia's role in the Pacific.

Autor

Colin Milner, LLB (Sydney University), is a former official of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) who served as Special Representative to Nauru in 2004- 05 and Acting High Commissioner in 2013. Currently a PhD candidate in the Australian National University's School of History, he is preparing a thesis on the factors that shaped the world view of the distinguished Australian constitutional lawyer and public servant Robert Randolph Garran. He has produced several publications in this area, focusing in particular on Garran's activities as the Commonwealth's first Attorn Matthew Jordan, BA Hons, PhD (Sydney University) is Head of DFAT's Historical Publications Section and General Editor of Documents on Australian Foreign Policy. He has published mostly on Australian foreign policy history, focusing especially on the role played by ideas of race and nation in shaping Australia's attitudes to the world. Having published a DAFP volume on Australia and the Rhodesian Problem, 1961- 1972 (UNSW Press, 2017), he is now working on a follow-up volume on Australia's approach to Zimbabwean independence in the 1970s and 1980s. He is also finalising a documentary history of Stephen Henningham, BA Hons (UNSW), PhD (ANU), is a specialist historian in DFAT's Historical Publications Section. With the late Bruce Hunt, he has co-edited two volumes on Australia and Papua New Guinea in the Documents on Australian Foreign Policy (DAFP) series. He has also published on aspects of the history of late-colonial India and on the politics and history of the South Pacific region, including Papua New Guinea. He was the senior civilian official in the Peace Monitoring Group in Bougainville in 2001- 2 and served as an Australian diplomat in New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of New South Wales Press
• Seitenzahl: 932
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 159mm x 222mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1746g
• ISBN-13: 9781742237220
• ISBN-10: 1742237223
• Artikelnr.: 71205983