Not Quite White
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Not Quite White

Lebanese and the White Australia Policy 1880 to 1947

By Anne Monsour.
ISBN: 978-1921214-54-7 A5 216pp
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Dr Monsour's study, by investigating the often difficult to locate government archives, has revealed the bureaucratic maze which peaceful and industrious people who were different, had to negotiate in order to gain citizenship ...the story of the acceptance (of) ...Syrian/Lebanese individuals... by the Anglo-Celtic host society, which was in many cases a harrowing one, has been kept silent. In recounting this struggle Anne Monsour has rendered a signal service to our understanding of how the original exclusivist and racist provisions of the 'White Australia Policy' were gradually dismantled. This case study is undoubtedly a major statement concerning Australia's development into becoming an enlightened colour-blind parliamentary democracy.

Reverend Dr John A. Moses
Professorial Associate
St Mark's National Theological Centre, Canberra.

Anne Monsour has a PhD in history from the University of Queensland and is currently an Honorary Research Advisor in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics. She is a board member of the Australian Lebanese Historical Society and the convener of its Queensland branch. For almost two decades, Anne has been researching, speaking and writing about the history of Lebanese settlement in Australia.

Born in Biggenden, Queensland where her father was a general storekeeper, Anne is the daughter of Lebanese immigrants from Rass Baalbec.

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  1. Early Lebanese Migration to Australia
  2. Asiatic Aliens in Colonial Australia
  3. Lebanese in a Federated Australia: Straddling the Colour Line
  4. Lebanese in a White Australia
  5. Lebanese Occupational Pathways: Making the Best of Limited Options
  6. Operating on the Periphery: Lebanese Traders in Australia
  7. Geographic Settlement of Lebanese in Australia
  8. Becoming Australian?
  9. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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