Colonising Italians: Italian imperialism and agricultural ‘colonies’ in Australia, 1881–1914
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Dewhirst, Catherine. 2016. "Colonising Italians: Italian imperialism and agricultural ‘colonies’ in Australia, 1881–1914." The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 44 (1), pp. 23-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2015.1071099
| Article Title | Colonising Italians: Italian imperialism and agricultural ‘colonies’ in Australia, 1881–1914 |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 7319 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | |
| Author | Dewhirst, Catherine |
| Journal Title | The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| Journal Citation | 44 (1), pp. 23-47 |
| Number of Pages | 25 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
| ISSN | 0308-6534 |
| 1743-9329 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2015.1071099 |
| Web Address (URL) | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03086534.2015.1071099 |
| Abstract | The historiography of Australian imperialism before the First World War has often neglected a context wider than the relationship with Great Britain. Yet this era also implicated non-British governments and their emigrants. Despite their small numbers, Italian settlers are significant for highlighting Italy’s empire-building and Australia’s struggles for national and imperial unity. Italy’s foreign policies after 1901 opened commercial opportunities across its diasporic networks, which included subsidising agricultural ‘colonies’ in Australia. The contemporary discourses of sectarianism and racism voiced before Federation articulated political and popular resistance against Italian immigrants. The rhetoric shifted after Federation as state governments examined the issue of land tenure for closer settlements (small agricultural farms), appealing to an argument about serving unemployed Australians before approving foreign settler schemes. The history leading up to two Italian projects in Western Australia and Queensland in 1907 allows reflections on Italy’s diaspora colonisation and Australian responses to foreign imperialism. |
| Keywords | Australian imperialism; Italian imperialism; Italian migrants; Little Italy; foreign policy; closer settlement; agricultural villages |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 430302. Australian history |
| 430313. History of empires, imperialism and colonialism | |
| 430319. Migration history | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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