Kenneth McPherson

A Secret People of South Asia. The Origins, Evolution and Role of the Luso-Indian Goan Community from the Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries

Until fairly recently, histories of European imperial expansion in the Indian Ocean region have been written largely in terms of the endeavours of Europeans in creating and controlling empire. Only in the last couple of decades has recognition been given slowly to the role of the indigenous economic and political compradors, both large and small, who were vital to the evolution and sustenance of European colonial empires.

Australia and the Indian Ocean: Changing Perspectives

With the development of a two ocean navy Australian policy makers will be increasingly forced to examine Australia’s interests in the Indian Ocean. For historical reasons Australians have not developed an appreciation of our Indian Ocean interests, argue Reeves and McPherson, from the Centre for Indian Ocean Regional Studies.