A Little America in Western Australia: The US Naval Communication Station at North West Cape and the Founding of Exmouth

by Ondaatje. Michael, Anthony Barker

Overview

In this important and long-overdue history, Barker and Ondaatje examine the significance of North West Cape for Australia-US relations and Australian politics, but pay special attention to the town of Exmouth that was uniquely created to support the base. Drawing on archival records and oral interviews, A Little America in Western Australia brings to light the experiences of Australian civilians and US Navy personnel in a fascinating and often humorous portrait of life at the Cape.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781742587288
Publisher:	UWA Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michael Ondaajte is a Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Newcastle and a Research Associate at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Ondaajte is a widely published scholar and an active media commentator. His work has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times among others. He has received numerous national and international awards for his teaching and academic work, including the Max Crawford Medal in 2012, Australia’s most prestigious award for the humanities.
Anthony Barker is a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia who has held many academic positions both in Australia and the UK, his country of origin. In the 1970s Barker introduced the teaching of United States history to the University of Western Australia where he taught on all periods of American history from the pre-Revolutionary era to the late 1990s. In 1992 his commissioned history of Bunbury and surrounds was shortlisted for the Premier’s Prize. Barker continues to research, supervise and publish widely despite officially retiring in 2004.