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Rising Power and Changing People: The Australian High Commission in India

by David Lowe and Eric Meadows (editors)

About this book

Rising Power and Changing People follows Australia’s diplomatic relationship with India through the work of its High Commission in New Delhi. Edited by David Lowe and Eric Meadows, the collection brings together historical research and reflections from people involved in diplomacy to examine how institutions and individuals shaped the relationship.

Chapters cover the establishment of diplomatic representation, postwar conferences, the Bangladesh crisis, trade, education and security cooperation. Other contributions look at the High Commission’s buildings, locally engaged staff and high commissioners as observers of Indian society. A chronology, photographs, bibliography and index provide context for this account of a relationship extending from the 1940s into the twenty-first century.