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Uncharted Waters? Cultures Of Sea Transport And Mobility In New Zealand Colonial History, Frances Steel
Uncharted Waters? Cultures Of Sea Transport And Mobility In New Zealand Colonial History, Frances Steel
Frances Steel
On a tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji in 1909, assistant undersecretary of state for the colonies Sir Charles Lucas ventured to suggest 'that in Australia the "bush" must necessarily have a greater effect on the future than in New Zealand, and that in New Zealand the sea will play a greater part in the call of the race than in Australia'. The 'back blocks', he remarked, 'have more especially fashioned Australian life and character'. Although brief and impressionistic, his assessment of the relationship between geography, identity and the course of history still resonates today. The bush is a …
An Ocean Of Leisure: Early Cruise Tours Of The Pacific In An Age Of Empire, Frances Steel
An Ocean Of Leisure: Early Cruise Tours Of The Pacific In An Age Of Empire, Frances Steel
Frances Steel
In the late nineteenth century, the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (USSCo.) offered a series of cruise tours from the ports of Sydney and Auckland through the islands of the South Pacific. The cruises complemented excursions to the Mediterranean, the "old country" and other "worn lines of pleasure," remarked the Sydney Morning Herald in 1898. They even offered a novel contrast to "doing Japan." Australian settlers had largely ignored their island neighbours, the newspaper continued, yet the cruise program indicated the range of "splendid holiday resorts" that lay on their doorstep. Although regular trading steamers made the Pacific …
Cruising New Zealand’S West Coast Sounds: Fiord Tourism In The Tasman World C.1870–1910, Frances Steel
Cruising New Zealand’S West Coast Sounds: Fiord Tourism In The Tasman World C.1870–1910, Frances Steel
Frances Steel
The hugely popular summer cruise tours of the West Coast Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand reveal a colonial history of leisured mobility and landscape appreciation common to New Zealand and Australia. Cruising the Sounds was a practice imbued with privilege, exclusivity, emotional upliftment and wonder, generating shared attachments to wilderness space. This culture of maritime tourism offers new insights into the mobile practices which shaped the Tasman World, and points to the centrality of ships and shipping routes as spaces of transcolonial history.
Oceania Under Steam: Sea Transport And The Cultures Of Colonialism, C.1870-1914, Frances Steel
Oceania Under Steam: Sea Transport And The Cultures Of Colonialism, C.1870-1914, Frances Steel
Frances Steel
No abstract provided.
Suva Under Steam: Mobile Men And A Colonial Port Capital, 1880s–1910s, Frances Steel
Suva Under Steam: Mobile Men And A Colonial Port Capital, 1880s–1910s, Frances Steel
Frances Steel
No abstract provided.
Women, Men And The Southern Octopus: Shipboard Gender Relations In The Age Of Steam, Frances Steel
Women, Men And The Southern Octopus: Shipboard Gender Relations In The Age Of Steam, Frances Steel
Frances Steel
No abstract provided.
A Source Of Our Wealth, Yet Adverse To Our Health? Butter And The Diet-Heart Link In New Zealand To C. 1990, Frances Steel
A Source Of Our Wealth, Yet Adverse To Our Health? Butter And The Diet-Heart Link In New Zealand To C. 1990, Frances Steel
Frances Steel
No abstract provided.
"New Zealand Is Butterland”: Interpreting The Historical Significance Of A Daily Spread, Frances Steel
"New Zealand Is Butterland”: Interpreting The Historical Significance Of A Daily Spread, Frances Steel
Frances Steel
No abstract provided.