| Title: | The Assyrians in Australian Archives |
| Subtitle: | Documents from the National Archives of Australia and Australian War Memorial, 1914-1947 |
| Series: | Gorgias Handbooks 17 |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
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| Edited by Stavros Stavridis |
| Edited by David Chibo |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60724-993-1 |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Publication Date: | 4/2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Hardback, Black, 10 x 12.5 in |
| Pages: | 519 |
This collection of official documents from the National Archives of Australia and Australian War Memorial will show the events unfolding on the Assyrian issue during the years 1914-1947. The Assyrian question is an obscure and even unknown event for many people of the western world. These documents will highlight the Assyrian issue from an Australian and international perspective.
During the period 1914-1947, Great Britain was responsible for the foreign policy of its Empire which included its Dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa) and Colonies. Australia was responsible for its own internal affairs with the Colonial Office (later the Dominions Office) in London providing information on Imperial foreign policy. This information was channeled through Governor General's Office who, in turn, forwarded it to the Prime Minister's Department. After 1919, Australia exhibited a more 'independent' foreign policy within a British Imperial framework.
Whilst Australia did not have any direct political or economic links with the Middle East , however , her troops played an important part in the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War. Assyrians in Australia rejoiced with the news of the Allied victory in the Middle East.
Australian diplomats at the League of Nations in Geneva and Australian High Commission in London kept their government informed on events unfolding in Iraq and also on the fate of the Assyrians. Their dispatches helped to shape Australian attitudes towards this volatile region during the inter-war years and beyond.
Table of Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS (page 5)
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (page 7)
- MAPS (page 9)
- PREFACE (page 11)
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (page 13)
- INTRODUCTION (page 15)
- CHAPTER 1 WORLD WAR 1 AND ITS AFTERMATH (page 33)
- TABLE OF CONTENTS (page 103)
- 1.C LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR CHAPTER.1 (page 123)
- CHAPTER 2 BOGUS COLLECTORS (page 127)
- CHAPTER 3 HUMAN RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA (page 171)
- 3.C LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR CHAPTER.3 (page 216)
- CHAPTER 4 MOSUL AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS (page 221)
- 4.C LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR CHAPTER.4 (page 305)
- CHAPTER 5 THE SIMELE MASSACRE (page 309)
- 5.C LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR CHAPTER.5 (page 337)
- CHAPTER 6 RESOLUTION AND RESETTLEMENT (page 339)
- 6.C LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR CHAPTER.6 (page 407)
- CHAPTER 7 THE LEVIES OF HABBANIYA (page 411)
- 7.C LIST OF DOCUMENTS FOR CHAPTER.7 (page 503)
- APPENDIX 1 (page 509)
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 513)
