Imperial spaces : placing the Irish and Scots in colonial Australia. / Lindsay Proudfoot and Dianne Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Proudfoot, L. J. (Lindsay J.)

Contributor:

Hall, Dianne, Ph.D.

Series:

Studies in imperialism

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in imperialism.

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History.

Imperialism.

History.

Irish--Australia.

Irish.

Scots--Australia.

Scots.

Australia.

Physical Description:

xiii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

Imperial spaces takes two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire - the Irish and the Scots - and explores how they imagined themselves within the landscapes of its farthest reaches; the Australian colonies of Victoria and New South Wales.

Using letters and diaries, as well as records of collective activities, such as committee meetings, parades and dinners, the book examines how the Irish and Scots built new identities as settlers in the unknown spaces of the Empire. Using critical geographical theories of 'place' as the site of memory and agency, it considers how Irish and Scots settlers grounded their sense of belonging in the imagined landscapes of south-east Australia.

Revealing the complex ways in which colonial identity is formed, as well as the important ways in which this was spatially-constructed, Imperial spaces challenges conventional understandings of the Irish and Scottish presence in Australia.

Imperial spaces focuses on existing historical and geographical literature on empire and diaspora, while paying particular attention to more recent schools of thought on imperial history, and to alternative transnational and 'located' understandings of diasporic consciousness. Within this framework, the book examines the constructions of place demonstrated by Irish and Scottish emigrants during their outward voyages, as well as the subsequent processes of pastoral and urban settlements and religious observances.

Imperial spaces is highly relevant to academics and students interested in the history and geography of the British Empire, Australia, Ireland and Scotland. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 (Re)presenting empire 14

3 Place and diaspora 45

4 Dislocations? 80

5 Relocations: land, legislation and memory 106

6 Pastoral places 133

7 Urban enactments 172

8 Sites of faith and memory 206

9 Conclusion 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719078378

0719078377

OCLC:

755943408