https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/author/tsherratt/Recent content in Tsherratt on Journal of Digital HumanitiesHugoen-USThu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-1/conversations/its-all-about-the-stuff-by-tim-sherratt/Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-1/conversations/its-all-about-the-stuff-by-tim-sherratt/<p>In 1901, one of the first acts of the Commonwealth of Australia was to create a system of exclusion and control designed to keep the newly-formed nation ‘white’. But White Australia was always a myth. As well as the Indigenous population, there were already many thousands of people classified as ‘non-white‘ living in Australia — most were Chinese, but there were also Japanese, Indians, Syrians and Indonesians.</p> <p>Here are some of them…</p>