Russia and the Fifth Continent. Aspects of Russian-Australian Relations. by McNair, John; Poole, Thomas (editors) - 1992

SA 5052: Crawford House Publishing. 2008. Trade paperback. Fine.. 419 p., illustrations, bibliography, index. . The year 2007 marks a significant jubilee in Russian-Australian relations. Two centuries earlier, the Russian sloop Neva sailed into Port Jackson to a warm welcome by Captain Bligh and New South Wales settlers, thus beginning a relationship between the two countries that has been marked by mutual respect and warm sympathy, along with no little suspicion and even open hostility at times. Global confl icts have often brought the two countries together as close Allies, notably in World War I when nearly a thousand Russian Anzacs joined the AIF, and in World War II when Australians sent hundreds of thousands of sheepskins to their beleaguered comradesin-arms. Yet the Crimean War of the mid-19th century also led to an outbreak of Russophobia and fear of invasion in the Australian colonies that lasted for decades. The Russian Revolution of 1917 reverberated in Australian domestic politics for most… Read More