Tarara: Croats and Maori in New Zealand : Memory, Belonging, Identity"At the turn of the twentieth century, Croatians were migrating from Dalmatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Maori, having become part of the British Empire, were losing much of their land. All were looking for work. They came together on the gumfields of the farnorth, digging up kauri gum resin for export." "Many of the Croatians settled and married - some to mail-order brides from home, others to local Maori women - and a unique community was born. Drawing on a range of sources, from official historical narratives on the kauri gum industry, to oral histories, novels, letters, newspaper articles, marriage certificates, and much more, Senka Bozic-Vrbancic examines Maori-Croatian relationships on the gumfields and beyond. This is a significant contribution to ideas about migration and displacement and an important discussion of the impact of different social models - colonialism, assimilation, biculturalism, and multiculturalism - on Maori and Croatian identity and memory. The book is illustrated with historical photographs."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... kauri gumfields , where many Maori families went to try to earn a little money in order to survive . Ironically ... GUM INDUSTRY Kauri gum is the fossilised resin of the massive kauri trees that once formed vast forests over the northern ...
... kauri gumfields , where many Maori families went to try to earn a little money in order to survive . Ironically ... GUM INDUSTRY Kauri gum is the fossilised resin of the massive kauri trees that once formed vast forests over the northern ...
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... Kauri Museum in accordance with a larger ideological project of creating New Zealand identity . For example , the Kauri Museum was built in 1962 , before the policy of biculturalism or multiculturalism started to ... KAURI GUM STORIES 179.
... Kauri Museum in accordance with a larger ideological project of creating New Zealand identity . For example , the Kauri Museum was built in 1962 , before the policy of biculturalism or multiculturalism started to ... KAURI GUM STORIES 179.
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... kauri gum Kapowairua 145 Katriel , T. 181 kauri forest 42 , 59 , 200 kauri gum 42 , 43 , 179 , 204 ; carvings 185 ; uses 42 , 183 , 189-90 , 201 Kauri Gum Commission Report 93 kauri gum industry 42 , 44 , 45 , 52 , 144 , 182-3 , 188–90 ...
... kauri gum Kapowairua 145 Katriel , T. 181 kauri forest 42 , 59 , 200 kauri gum 42 , 43 , 179 , 204 ; carvings 185 ; uses 42 , 183 , 189-90 , 201 Kauri Gum Commission Report 93 kauri gum industry 42 , 44 , 45 , 52 , 144 , 182-3 , 188–90 ...
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