editors, Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsay and Yuriko Nagata.
Canberra, ACT :
Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University,
2004.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1 -- Mapping Australasia: reflections on the permeability of Australia's northern maritime borders; 2 -- Tidal Flows: an overview of Torres Strait Islander-Asian contact; 3 -- The Chinese Diaspora in Torres Strait: cross-cultural connections and contentions on Thursday Island; 4 -- 'They don't know what went on underneath' : three little-known Filipino/Malay communities of Torres Strait; 5 -- Heriberto Zarcal: the first Filipino-Australian; 6 -- The Japanese in Torres Strait; 7 -- The Sri Lankan Settlers of Thursday Island.
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These essays draw upon an extensive, widely dispersed body of information to narrate stories of the Asian diaspora communities of Torres Strait, north Queensland.
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