Georges Baudoux's Jean M'Barai the Trepang fisherman / / translated and with a critical introduction by Karin Speedy.

• VerfasserIn: Baudoux, Georges, 1870-1949,
• TeilnehmendeR: Speedy, Karin,
• Place / Publishing House: Broadway, NSW, Australia : : UTS ePRESS,, [2015]
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (145 pages) :; illustrations, maps

"Between 1860 and 1910, Australian governments sanctioned and then tried to stop the trafficking of South Sea Islanders ​to Queensland as forced labourers. Over 60,000 Islanders were lured from their villages: tricked, transported, forced to work in the harsh Queensland bush, and then repatriated. Most Islanders returned with little savings to find their communities deeply scarred by the blackbirding trade and the internecine tribal conflict it had provoked. Georges Baudoux (1865-1949) was brought up amongst the Islanders who experienced the raw and competing greed of French, British and Australian colonialism. Son of a French prison commander stationed in New Caledonia, Baudoux lead a colourful life amongst the Pacific islands and deep in the brousse (bush) before becoming an author and capturing the stories of his travels and, importantly, the experiences of friends and colleagues as life in the islands changed forever. In recognition of his work, he was awarded the esteemed Palmes Académiques, the French medal for literary and academic achievement."--Publisher's website.