Australia, Migration and Empire: Immigrants in a Globalised World

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This edited collection explores how migrants played a major role in the creation and settlement of the British Empire, by focusing on a series of Australian case studies. Despite their shared experiences of migration and settlement, migrants nonetheless often exhibited distinctive cultural identities, which could be deployed for advantage. Migration established global mobility as a defining feature of the Empire. Ethnicity, class and gender were often powerful determinants of migrant attitudes and behaviour. This volume addresses these considerations, illuminating the complexity and diversity of the British Empire’s global immigration story. Since 1788, the propensity of the populations of Britain and Ireland to immigrate to Australia varied widely, but what this volume highlights is their remarkable diversity in character and impact. The book also presents the opportunities that existed for other immigrant groups to demonstrate their loyalty as members of the (white) Australian community, along with notable exceptions which demonstrated the limits of this inclusivity. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Australia, Migration and Empire (Philip Payton, Andrekos Varnava)....Pages 1-11 British Emigrants and the Making of the Anglosphere: Some Observations and a Case Study (Eric Richards)....Pages 13-43 Emigrant Choices: Following Emigrant Labourers on the Cusp of the Age of Mass Migration (Heidi Ing)....Pages 45-68 Why Single Female Emigration to New South Wales (1832–1837) Was Doomed to Disappoint (Melanie Burkett)....Pages 69-91 Squatter-Cum-Pastoralist or Freeholder? How Differences in Nineteenth-Century Colonists’ Experiences Affect Their Descendants’ Historical Consciousness (Skye Krichauff)....Pages 93-118 Distress in Ireland 1879–1880: The Activation of the South Australian Community (Stephanie James)....Pages 119-150 ‘Yet We Are Told That Australians Do Not Sympathise with Ireland’: South Australian Support for Irish Home Rule (Fidelma Breen)....Pages 151-179 Cornish Miners in Western Australia 1850–1896 (Anthony Nugent)....Pages 181-206 Bal-Maidens and Cousin Jenny: The Paradox of Women in Australia’s Historic Mining Communities (Philip Payton)....Pages 207-228 Mary Booth and British Boy Immigration: From Progressivism to Imperial Nationalism (Bridget Brooklyn)....Pages 229-252 The Memorialisation of Hector Vasyli: Civilisational Prestige, Imperial Association and Greek Migrant Performance (Andonis Piperoglou)....Pages 253-276 Dealing with Destitute Cypriots in the UK and Australia, 1914–1931 (Andrekos Varnava, Evan Smith)....Pages 277-312 Back Matter ....Pages 313-319