French Connection: Australia's cosmopolitan ambitions: Australia's cosmopolitan ambitions Alexis Bergantz

by Alexis Bergantz

The French have been integral to the Australian story since European colonisation. Escaped convicts from New Caledonia, wool buyers from Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoing, gold-diggers, artisans, teachers and caf owners, they were not always the cr me de la cr me.

French Connection provides a fascinating insight into how the culture of Frenchness influenced a new nation anxious to prove itself to the world. What did Australian colonists see when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742237096
• ISBN13: 9781742237091
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Newsouth Pub.
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"