Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- National and International Dimensions
- Functional Themes
- The Regions
- 9 Australia and North America
- 10 Australia and Western Europe
- 11 Australia and Eastern Europe
- 12 Australia and East Asia: Japan
- 13 Australia and East Asia: China and Korea
- 14 Australia and South-East Asia
- 15 Australia and Africa
- 16 Australia and the Indian Ocean Region
- 17 Australia and the South-West Pacific
- Powers, Ideals and Practice
- Notes
- Index
17 - Australia and the South-West Pacific
from The Regions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- National and International Dimensions
- Functional Themes
- The Regions
- 9 Australia and North America
- 10 Australia and Western Europe
- 11 Australia and Eastern Europe
- 12 Australia and East Asia: Japan
- 13 Australia and East Asia: China and Korea
- 14 Australia and South-East Asia
- 15 Australia and Africa
- 16 Australia and the Indian Ocean Region
- 17 Australia and the South-West Pacific
- Powers, Ideals and Practice
- Notes
- Index
Summary
The years 1976 to 1980 were an especially dynamic period for Australian relations with the South-West Pacific. The claim for a significant role in the region which Canberra had staked during the first half of the 1970s was developed and defended with considerable vigour in the second half of the decade. And, in many respects, this expansion represented something more than a continuation of the undertakings of the previous five years. There were qualitative as well as quantitative changes in the character of Australia’s relationship with the South Pacific during the second half of the 1970s which marked a fundamental shift in the Australian view of the Islands from the preceding five years.
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- Australia in World Affairs 1976–1980Independence and Alliance, pp. 279 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2024