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Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (334 pages)
Language
English
Description
Few Pacific history books have stood the test of time as well as They Came for Sandalwood, but Dorothy Shineberg's book, first published in 1967, has never been bettered. This fascinating account of the sandalwood trade describes the first regular contact between Europeans and the Melanesians of New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands, and the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). Shineberg studied the relationships and rivalries between European traders and European...
Author
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (344 pages)
Language
English
Description
"He told her about his struggle in Melbourne to turn himself into a British-style officer for the Australian Army . . . the nights in tents by the Pyramids, the terror of the landing under sniper fire and the scramble up the heights of Gallipoli, the filth and danger of the trenches at Lone Pine. He showed her the scar above his right eye... There was a lot he didn't tell her.'Raised Japanese in a European skin at the turn of the 20th century, fate...
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