Transnational Voices of Australia’s Migrant and Minority Press

Catherine Dewhirst is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, where she teaches European, global and women’s histories, and historiography. Her research focuses on Italian migrant communities and newspapers from Italian imperialism to the Second World War.Richard Scully is Associate Professor in Modern European History at the University of New England, Australia. He is the author of Eminent Victorian Cartoonists (2018), and is primarily a researcher of the history of political cartooning in Europe and its colonial empires.

“This is a fascinating edited book … . I enjoyed reading this edited volume. It explores a subject that has been little looked at in such depth. It therefore makes an important contribution to the existing literature on migration history and media studies, and illustrates the scholarly benefits of combining both of these fields. I recommend it to readers, both expert and general.” (Jatinder Mann, JACANZS, Vol. (1) 1, June, 2021)

• 1. Australia’s Minority Community Printed Press History in Global Context: An Introduction- Catherine Dewhirst and Richard Scully.- 2. The Satirical Press of Colonial Australia: A Migrant and Minority Enterprise- Richard Scully.- 3. “Cement, guide and representative for the exile and the emigrant”: Ideological Discourse and italianità in L’Italo-Australiano- Marianna Piantavigna.- 4. Australia’s Early Russian-Language Press (1912-1919)- Kevin Windle.- 5. Respectability and Disloyalty: The Competing Obligations of L’Italiano’s Editors- Catherine Dewhirst.- 6. Zionism, Assimilationism and Antifascism: Divergent International Jewish Pathways in Three Post-War Australian Jewish Magazines- Max Kaiser.- 7. Literary Ambitions: The Polish Language Press in Australia- Katarzyna Kwapisz Williams and Mary Besemeres.- 8. Exploring the Migrant Experience through an Examination of Letters to The New Australian- Karen Agutter.- 9. Crónicas in Australia’s Spanish-Language Press: The Case of El Expreso- Michael Jacklin.- 10. News Reporting of Italian Organised Crime in Australia: Examining Il Globo’s Editorial Commentary- Clare Johansson and Simone Battiston.- 11. A Treasure Trove of Community Language Newspapers- Hilary Berthon.