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Australia and New Zealand: Turning Shared Pasts into a Shared History
Author(s) -
Smith Philippa Mein,
Hempenstall Peter
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/1478-0542.031
Subject(s) - politics , new zealand studies , quality (philosophy) , political science , public relations , psychology , sociology , social science , law , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract Australia and New Zealand have a shared past, but not a shared history. A project at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand addresses this problem by exploring the relationship between the two countries on multiple levels – political, intellectual, cultural, social and economic – from the 1880s to 2000. It analyses the nature of Australia – New Zealand ties, where they are strongest and weakest, and how they have changed. The investigators are collaborating to address the deficits in knowledge about trans‐Tasman relations – beyond foreign affairs – since the 1880s. This missing knowledge of trans‐Tasman ties impoverishes both national stories and the quality of public commentary.