Dimensions
153 x 234 x 23mm
Shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History
Much has been written about the White Australia Policy, but very little has been written about it from a Chinese perspective. Big White Lie shifts our understanding of the White Australia Policy and indeed White Australia by exploring what Chinese Australians were saying and doing at a time when they were officially excluded. Big White Lie pays close attention to Chinese migration patterns, debates, social organisations, and their business and religious lives and shows that they had every right to be counted as Australians, even in White Australia. The books focus on Chinese Australians provides a refreshing new perspective on the important role the Chinese have played in Australias past at a time when Chinas likely role in Australias future is more compelling than ever.
