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Australianama : the South Asian odyssey in Australia /

Australian deserts remain dotted with the ruins of old mosques. Beginning with a Bengali poetry collection discovered in a nineteenth-century mosque in the town of Broken Hill, Samia Khatun weaves together the stories of various peoples colonized by the British Empire to chart a history of South Asi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khatun, Samia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Hurst & Company, 2020.
Subjects:
East Indians > Australia > History.
Australia > History.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Australie > Histoire.
Australie > Histoire.
East Indians
Australia
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Australian deserts remain dotted with the ruins of old mosques. Beginning with a Bengali poetry collection discovered in a nineteenth-century mosque in the town of Broken Hill, Samia Khatun weaves together the stories of various peoples colonized by the British Empire to chart a history of South Asian diaspora.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2019.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190055943
0190055944