A Journey In Antipodean Land. The Filipino Heritage In Australia

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Seaview Press
Publisher Place: Henley Beach
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: First Edition

Description: 203 pages. Ex-Library. (only one neat stamp on inside page). Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Here is the journey of Filipino-Australian culture, a chapter of Australias multicultural history that little is known about. In searching for answers to fill some blank spaces in the Filipino-Australian heritage, this book delves into the wanderlust of its pioneers the early Manilamen whose diasporic trajectories began with the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade.It traces the beginnings of their presence in the northern coastal region of Australia. It traces that heritage through intricate and sometimes blurry threads of history. The journey explores a people and a many-sided culture that every now and then emerges from the shadows of its benevolent conquistador. It explores the controversial issue of Filipino womens exodus in the 1980s and reaches out to the fringes of the new millennium.

ISBN: 9781740083201