From the late nineteenth century the Asianisation of Australia has sparked anxious comment. The great catchcries of the day – “the awakening East,” “the yellow peril”, “populate or perish” – had a direct bearing on how Australians viewed their future. Axious Nation provides a full and fascinating account of Australia’s complex engagement with Asia.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Walker
David Walker is Professor of Australian Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and a Visiting Professor in the School of Foreign Studies at Renmin University, Beijing. Professor Walker has given keynote addresses to conferences in New Delhi, Kolkata and Pune and is a member of the Indian Association for the Study of Australia. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He has written extensively on Australian representations of Asia from the nineteenth century to the present. Anxious Nation was awarded the Ernest Scott Prize for History in 2001 and has been translated into Chinese. In February 2010 David Walker will take up the “Distinguished Visiting Chair in Australian Studies” at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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