Kampong Australia [electronic resource]
Mathew Radcliffe2017
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The Royal Australian Air Force base at Butterworth was Australia's largest and
most enduring overseas military garrison in post-war Southeast Asia.Home to the
majority of Australian airpower for over three decades, Butterworth was also
home to a vibrant Australian community. From 1955 until 1988, spanning the end
of the British Empire and the start of the Cold War through to real engagement
with Asia, more than 50,000 Australian servicemen and their families rotated
through the Penang region of Malaysia for two-year tours of duty. These men,
women and children lived full lives during their deployment, a bastion of
Australianness in the midst of Malays, Chinese and Indians.Kampong Australia
explores the complex political genesis of the RAAF presence at Butterworth and
shows what everyday life on and around the base was like. It charts the official
policies and practices that framed the Australian encounter with the people and
places of Penang, drawing on the recollections of...
Main title:
Kampong Australia [electronic resource] / Mathew Radcliffe
Author:
Mathew Radcliffe, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : New South, 2017
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (352 pages, 6350056.0 Bytes,)
System details:
Platform: pdfMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742248066
Language:
English
BRN:
428770
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