British India, White Australia

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Longlisted for the ICAS Book Prize 2021 - Best Book in the Humanities

Shortlisted for the 2021 Ernest Scott Prize

Highly Commended — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021

Shortlisted for the Australian History Prize in the NSW Premier's History Awards 2020

'Commonwealth, curry and cricket' has become the belaboured phrase by which Australia seeks to emphasise its shared colonial heritage with India and improve bilateral relations in the process. Yet it is misleading because the legacy of empire differs in profound ways in both countries.

British India, White Australia explores connections between Australia and India through the lens of the British Empire by tracing the lives of people of Indian descent in Australia, from Australian Federation to Indian independence. The White Australia Policy was firmly in place while both countries were part of the British Empire. Australia was nominally self-governing but still attached very strongly to Britain; India was driven by the desire for independence. The racist immigration policies of dominions like Australia, and Britain's inability to reform them, further animated nationalist sentiments in India.

In this original, landmark work Kama Maclean calls for more meaningful dialogue about and acknowledgment of the constraints placed upon Indians in Australia and those attempting to immigrate. Indians are now the fastest-growing group of migrants in Australia, yet their presence has a long history, as told in this book.

'An inspiring and necessary revelation offering new defini

British India, White Australia

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