Beyond Chinatown: Changing Perspectives on the Top End Chinese ExperienceOverview of the history of the Chinese in Darwin, based mainly on the oral history of Chinese Australians in the 'Top End', and to a lesser extent on European documents, official reports, newspaper articles, administrators' letters and contemporary theses. Includes references. The author is organising an oral history project on the Chinese in north Australia for the National Library of Australia, and has published many articles about her work. |
Contents
Preface | |
Acknowlegments | |
Looking in | |
Listening | |
Territorians | |
Making histories | |
Chinatown transformed | |
Looking out | |
Notes | |
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