The ‘Southern question’ in Australia: the 1925 Royal Commission’s Racialisation of Southern Italians
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Article Title | The ‘Southern question’ in Australia: the 1925 Royal Commission’s Racialisation of Southern Italians |
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ERA Journal ID | 41986 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Dewhirst, Catherine |
Journal Title | Queensland History Journal |
Journal Citation | 22 (4), pp. 316-332 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2014 |
Publisher | Royal Historical Society of Queensland |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISSN | 1447-1345 |
1836-5477 | |
Web Address (URL) | https://search.informit.com.au/browseJournalTitle;res=IELHSS;issn=1836-5477 |
Abstract | Thomas Arthur Ferry (1877-1963) conducted several Royal Commissions in his role as under-secretary for Queensland’s Premier and Chief Secretary’s Department. His now frequently cited first Report remains the most controversial. While racialising Southern Italians, he articulated the ‘Southern Question’, but this Royal Commission was also symptomatic of systemic racism in Australia. Drawing from Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s theory of ‘racialized social systems’ and Thomas Guglielmo’s application of this framework in his analysis of Italian-Americans in Chicago, this article focuses on the racialist origins, continuities and implications of the Ferry Report which crystallised the racist attitudes of the day. |
Keywords | Southern question; Royal Commission; racialisation; Southern Italians |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430302. Australian history |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q23yx/the-southern-question-in-australia-the-1925-royal-commission-s-racialisation-of-southern-italians
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