An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion - Australia from 1788

Australia from 1788

James Jupp

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781783087662
• eBook ISBN: 9781783087686
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Emigration & Immigration
• Index: Social Sciences

An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion presents Australian traditions, myths and legends in an understanding but often critical light in the belief that such devices have often been used by interested parties and even governments to maintain social solidarity and to mould a very complex people into a coherent and obedient whole. Australia is not and never has been an equal society. It has not always been a peaceful and tolerant society but it is more so than most other states and especially many of those sending immigrants. It is not a perfect democracy. Many have been mistreated and even persecuted but that most of those suffering at present are either indigenous or refugees should not be a cause of indifference. Australians may be suspicious of foreigners and social and political deviants. But they have passed a whole series of reforming laws since the Federation in 1901, not all of which have been as racist as the White Australia policy. An Immigrant Nation Seeks Cohesion attempts to get a little bit closer to the truth of two hundred years of creating a liveable society in what was a remote and unknown part of the world.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part I
• Chapter 1 Prisons In The Pacific, 1788–1850
• Chapter 2 The British Inheritance
• Chapter 3 White Australia And The Golden Age
• Chapter 4 Peace, Order And Good Government
• Chapter 5 Indigenous Australia And The South Pacific
• Chapter 6 Rural Settlers, The Irish And The Chinese
• Chapter 7 Radicals And Rebels
• Chapter 8 Communists And Their Allies
• Chapter 9 The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
• Chapter 10 Refugees Before The Un Convention And Enemy Aliens
• Chapter 11 Crime, Corruption And Terrorism
• Chapter 12 The Multicultural Era
• Chapter 13 Islam As The New Threat
• Part II
• Chapter 14 The Post-War Promise Ends
• Chapter 15 Refugees And War
• Chapter 16 The United Nations And Refugees
• Chapter 17 Mandatory Detention
• Chapter 18 ‘Stop The Boats’
• Chapter 19 Finding A Decent Dumping Ground
• Chapter 20 History As Tragedy And Farce
• Chapter 21 Facing The ‘Real World’
• Chapter 22 Cohesion And Humanity
• Chapter 23 From Nation-Building To Border Protection
• Chapter 24 An Unstable World
• Chronology
• References
• Index