This thesis explores the experience of establishing and maintaining a large Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base on the northwest coast of the Malay Peninsula at Butterworth from 1955 till 1988. It draws on official and private records to examine the complex social and cultural encounters and interactions that resulted between the Australian military community and the many and varied local communities of Penang as a direct result of the RAAF base at Butterworth.
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Chapter One. Butterworth : Menzies' Cold War failure -- Chapter Two. Preparing the way : imagining an Australian garrison in Malaya -- Chapter Three. First arrivals : building an Australian garrison in Penang -- Chapter Four. Encountering the other : constructing an Australian identity in Penang -- Chapter Five. "Out of bounds" : sex, race and inter-racial intimacy -- Chapter Six. No. 4 RAAF Hospital : the last hospital of the British Raj -- Chapter Seven. Educating Australian children in Malaya : the RAAF School Penang -- Chapter Eight. The whole works : life for Australians in Penang -- Conclusion.Notes
Theoretical thesis.
Bibliography: leaves 288-297Awarding Institution
Macquarie UniversityDegree Type
Thesis PhDDegree
PhD, Macquarie University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Modern History, Politics and International RelationsDepartment, Centre or School
Department of Modern History, Politics and International RelationsYear of Award
2015Principal Supervisor
Sean BrawleyAdditional Supervisor 1
Hsu-Ming TeoAdditional Supervisor 2
Andrea BenvenutiRights
Copyright Mathew Radcliffe 2015.
Copyright disclaimer: http://mq.edu.au/library/copyrightLanguage
EnglishJurisdiction
Malaysia
AustraliaExtent
1 online resource (xi, 297 leaves) illustrations (some colour)Former Identifiers
mq:69763
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1257481
