Chloé: How A French Nude Painting Inspired an Australian Novel
Author: KATRINA KELL The French Australian Review 76 (Australian Winter 2024): 51-76. https://doi.org/10.62586/HHBB3070 The painting Chloé (1875), by French academician and artist Jules Joseph Lefebvre, was the muse and inspiration for my eponymous historical novel Chloé (2024). Who was the ‘voiceless’ woman Lefebvre once painted so masterfully, an enigma whose lived experience remained locked in […]
Georges Proust and Family: Two Years as ‘Colons Feillet’ in New Caledonia Before a New Life in Australia
Author: Katrina Proust The French Australian Review 76 (Australian Winter 2024): 27-50. https://doi.org/10.62586/GTWZ2226 In 1898 Georges Proust, his wife Berthe and their three sons, arrived in Noumea from Bordeaux, France. They were among the free settlers who became known as ‘colons Feillet’. They took up a concession to grow coffee in the Amoa Valley along […]
French Restaurants in Nineteenth-century Australia: a Preliminary Review, Part 1
Author: BARBARA SANTICH The French Australian Review 76 (Australian Winter 2024): 4-26. https://doi.org/10.62586/MNVD1568 French restaurants in Australian colonies in the nineteenth century were established in an attempt to offer an alternative to traditional English forms of hospitality by transferring a model developed in eighteenth-century Paris. Liquor licensing regulations initially imposed some limitations but the introduction […]
Exploring Cross-Cultural Representations: French Children’s Literature and Australian Indigenous Culture
Author: ALICE DUNCAN The French Australian Review No 75 (Australian Summer 2023–2024): 116–132. https://doi.org/10.62586/ILIZ2123 Abstract: Duncan’s article complements the work of Castejon with its analysis of the representation of Aboriginal art and culture in a selection of French books for children which often still reinforce colonial stereotypes. Keywords: Purchase single article PDF AUD $5.50 inc […]
Postcolonial Rereadings and Transmission: Miroslav Šašek’s Travel Books
Author: VANESSA CASTEJON The French Australian Review No 75 (Australian Summer 2023–2024): 102–115. https://doi.org/10.62586/JDVO3746 Abstract: This article presents and compares first and more recent editions of Maurice Šašek’s book, This is Australia. Disappointingly, clichéd descriptions of both white and Indigenous Australians still remain in the ‘updated’ versions, and little attention is paid to Australia’s colonial […]
Anne Robson: French Government Travelling Scholar, Translator and Lifelong Francophile
Author: ALEXIS BERGANTZ The French Australian Review No 75 (Australian Summer 2023–2024): 79–101. https://doi.org/10.62586/ZVFQ4215 Abstract: Bergantz explores the life of Lady Anne Kerr who, prior to her marriage to Sir John Kerr, had an international career as a French-English simultaneous translator. The article also uncovers new information on the outbound exchange programme established by the […]
The Huybers and Loureiro Families: A Case Study in the History of Australia’s French Connection: Part Two
Author: PAUL KIEM The French Australian Review No 75 (Australian Summer 2023–2024): 54–78. https://doi.org/10.62586/ZXDI1392 Abstract: This fascinating article on the lives of the Huybers and Loureiro families demonstrates how ‘transnational life-writing’ can open up fresh perspectives on larger themes in Australian history and French-Australian relations. Keywords: Purchase single article PDF AUD $5.50 inc GST where […]
L’Île du Géographe’ Revisited: Unofficial Diplomacy in Post-Federation French-Australian Relations
Author: MATTHEW GRAVES The French Australian Review No 75 (Australian Summer 2023–2024): 28–53. https://doi.org/10.62586/YHLZ7318 Abstract: Matthew Graves considers the role of those private individuals who, on their own initiative, strive to represent and promote the interests of their country—often in fields neglected by official priorities. In this case, learned geographical societies in both France and […]
Silenced Voices in the Indo-Pacific: Reflections on Australia, France and Regionalism in the Age of AUKUS
Author: NIC MACLELLAN The French Australian Review No 75 (Australian Summer 2023–2024): 8–27. https://doi.org/10.62586/CHAP4131 Abstract: Renowned author and journalist Nic Maclellan argues that even as politicians in Paris and Canberra strengthen their Indo-Pacific strategic partnership, Indigenous voices are often missing in the debate on France-Australia relations in Oceania. Keywords: This article was freely available for […]
The Teaching Research Nexus: French-Australian Migrant Literature in the First-Year French Classroom
Author: NATALIE EDWARDS AND CHRISTOPHER HOGARTH The French Australian Review No 70 (Australian Winter 2021): 69-91: DOI This article details the ways in which the authors bring their research into their pedagogical practise. Their research project is entitled ‘Transnational Selves: French Narratives of Migration to Australia’ and aims to discover, analyse and disseminate texts written […]