Going native
Subtitle: the passions of Philip Jacks
By: Rohan Price
Publisher: Australia Scholarly Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: North Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781925333664
Subjects: Colonial administrators; Biography; Child trafficking; History; Racially mixed children; Services for
Description: Hong Kong, 1917. Insular. Elitist. Racially divided. Senior British administrator Philip Jacks hatched a scheme to send local mixed-race war-orphan children, who were otherwise destined for lives of prostitution and domestic drudgery, to Australia at the height of the White Australia Policy. His chances of success seemed slight. Had he lost his mind or had he �́�gone native�́�? Was �́�going native�́� really a state of abandonment? Or was it a series of decent decisions that had unexpected consequence?--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.