TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bergantz,Alexis
TI  - French connection: Australia's cosmopolitan ambitions 
SN  - 9781742237091
AV  - DU122.F7 B47 2021
U1  - 306.0994 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Sydney, N.S.W.
PB  - NewSouth Publishing
KW  - Cosmopolitanism
KW  - Australia
KW  - Cultural relations
KW  - National characteristics, French
KW  - Social history
KW  - Civilization
KW  - History
KW  - France
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Relations
KW  - Australian
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) and index
N2  - 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 cafe owners, they were not always the creme de la creme. 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
ER  -