To the Islands: White Australia and the Malay Archipelago Since 1788

by PaulBattersby (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $51.13

  To the Islands traces the persistence across two centuries of a regional idea expressed variously as Australasia, the Malay Archipelago and 'the Islands.' The book explores the manifestations of this idea in trade, travel, investment and diplomatic interactions between Australia and its island neighbors from the early years of British colonization to the present day.