| Srl | Item |
| 1 |
ID:
138960
|
|
|
|
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Australia's new-found post-colonial ‘independence’ in 1901 initially required it to continue to hold on to the apron strings of its colonial master. After World War II, these needs changed, as did the geopolitical power of the leading nations. For Australia, there would be the need to secure its borders, build its labour power, find security arrangements, and adhere to a cold war framework in its geographical region. The USA and the Asian region fell into Australia's sphere of interest. Italy, on the other hand, was a nation of contrasting interests and perspectives. Besides being located in Europe, the post-war period defined Italy by its participation in the concept of a European community and an entirely different set of allies, concerns and trajectories, which made it position itself in a different orbit than that of Australia. Australia's changing economic and social needs required a new and vast migration program in 1947, which would change the dynamics of its relationships. Enter Italy. The two countries now had common destinies in relation to migration—Australia needed people to help build its country, whilst Italy encouraged its impoverished rural population to emigrate to this distant and foreign land. A relationship was born.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
ID:
138921
|
|
|
|
|
| Summary/Abstract |
In its early period of statehood, Australia was strongly attached politically and economically to Britain up until late 1940s for reasons of history. With a new geo-political scenario after 1945, Australia changed its foreign policy priorities as well as its preferred trading partners. A multitude of new markets emerged on the Australian landscape such as Japan and in more recent times China which in 2012 became Australia’s number one trading partner. For decades, Italy and Australia were often at loggerheads in geo-political events. What brought them together to become partners was the medium of Italian migration for a need Australian economy. Sometimes, this association is stretched to levels which the relationship never endured and especially not in engagement in trade or economic transfers. The perception that Italy might be a key economic partner was never the case, and evidence bears this out. However, the myth, possibly created from among the large Italian community in Australia, of a ‘special’ economic relationship between these two nations and economies continued to persist. The reality of Australia’s economic relations with Italy tells another story. This paper seeks to demonstrate that there was nothing special in this trade relationship which was as common as any other.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|