TY - JOUR
T1 - Ruining Pacific Islands
T2 - Australia's Phosphate Imperialism
AU - Teaiwa, Katerina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/9/2
Y1 - 2015/9/2
N2 - This article explores British, Australian and New Zealand phosphate mining histories in Oceania, with a particular focus on the impact of mining on Banaba, also called Ocean Island, in Kiribati, the former Gilbert Islands Colony. The Ocean Island case provides insight into the nature of Australia's imperial relationship with the Pacific Islands, putting into context, for example, its current relationship with Nauru as a host for refugee detention centres. Both islands were mined for phosphate by the British Phosphate Commissioners which operated out of centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and London. Islands such as Banaba, once critical for Australian agriculture, are absent in Australian public memory but the effects of Banaba's environmental and social ruining endure.
AB - This article explores British, Australian and New Zealand phosphate mining histories in Oceania, with a particular focus on the impact of mining on Banaba, also called Ocean Island, in Kiribati, the former Gilbert Islands Colony. The Ocean Island case provides insight into the nature of Australia's imperial relationship with the Pacific Islands, putting into context, for example, its current relationship with Nauru as a host for refugee detention centres. Both islands were mined for phosphate by the British Phosphate Commissioners which operated out of centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and London. Islands such as Banaba, once critical for Australian agriculture, are absent in Australian public memory but the effects of Banaba's environmental and social ruining endure.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941904577&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1031461X.2015.1082609
DO - 10.1080/1031461X.2015.1082609
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84941904577
SN - 1031-461X
VL - 46
SP - 374
EP - 391
JO - Australian Historical Studies
JF - Australian Historical Studies
IS - 3
ER -