Shnukal, Anna.

Navigating Boundaries : The Asian Diaspora in Torres Strait. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (342 pages)

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Mapping Australasia -- 2. Tidal Flows -- 3. The Chinese Diaspora in Torres Strait -- 4. 'They don't know what went on underneath' -- 5. Heriberto Zarcal -- 6. The Japanese in Torres Strait -- 7. The Sri Lankan Settlers of Thursday Island -- 8. John Douglas and the Asian Presence on Thursday Island: 1885-1904 -- 9. Coloured People -- 10. Confluence -- 11. Historical & -- Contemporary Asian Elements in the Music & -- Performance Culture of Torres Strait -- 12. Voices from Torres Strait -- Index -- Biographies.

'Navigating Boundaries' belongs to a new generation of Asian-Australian historical studies. The essays presented here draw on an extensive, widely dispersed body of information, including much unpublished material, in order to narrate stories of the Asian diaspora communities of Torres Strait, north Queensland.

9781921934384


Asians-Migrations.
Emigration and immigration.
Asian diaspora.


Electronic books.

DS13 .N385 2017

305.895016476