French Connection: Australia's cosmopolitan ambitions: Australia's cosmopolitan ambitions Alexis Bergantz (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781742237091)

The French have been integral to the Australian story since European colonisation. Escaped convicts from New Caledonia, wool buyers from Lille, Roubaix, and Tourcoing, gold-diggers, artisans, teachers and café owners, they were not always the crème de la crème. French Connection provides a fascinating insight into how the culture of Frenchness influenced a new nation anxious to prove itself to the world. What did Australian colonists see when they looked to France? How much did the French presence in the Pacific loom over such ideas? And what did the French in Australia themselves make of it all? Alexis Bergantz uncovers the little known and often surprising history of the French in nineteenth-century Australia and their role in creating a more connected and cosmopolitan nation.

Author: Alexis Bergantz
ISBN-10: 1742237096
ISBN-13: 9781742237091
Publisher: Newsouth Pub.
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2021
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d