The 19th-century missionary activities of Rev. Lancelot Edward Threlkeld and other members of his Lake Macquarie mission in colonial New South Wales, Australia, led to significant conflict with the Lo
"Travelling Home' provides a detailed analysis of the contribution that the mid twentieth-century 'Walkabout' magazine made to Australia's cultural history. Spanning five central decades of the twenti
Arguing that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, Anna Johnson analyzes missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnson reveals how missionaries were caugh
Arguing that missionaries occupied ambiguous positions in colonial cultures, Anna Johnson analyzes missionary writing under the aegis of the British Empire. Johnson reveals how missionaries were caug
In this collection of 15 essays, Australian and other historians examine Friendly Mission: the Tasmanian Journals and Papers of George Augustus Robinson 1829-1834, which was edited by N.J.B. Plomley a
Brisk, capable, humorous, highly opinionated, and frequently ironic, The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook opens a fascinating window on the day-to-day life of the British in India in the late nine
