Buddhism in the Far North of Australia pre-WWII: (In)visibility, Post-colonialism and Materiality
Buddhism was first established in Australia through flows of migrants in the mid-nineteenth century, and is currently Australia’s fourth-largest religion. Yet Buddhists have received significantly less scholarly attention than Christians, Jews and Muslims in Australia. Previous research conducted on...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2022, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 105-128 |
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Nordaustralien
/ Buddhist
/ Diaspora (Religion)
/ Racism
/ History 1850-1947
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion BL Buddhism KBS Australia; Oceania TJ Modern history TK Recent history XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism
B Materiality B Asia B Sri Lanka B Post-colonial B China B Japan B Belonging B Australia B Whiteness |
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| Summary: | Buddhism was first established in Australia through flows of migrants in the mid-nineteenth century, and is currently Australia’s fourth-largest religion. Yet Buddhists have received significantly less scholarly attention than Christians, Jews and Muslims in Australia. Previous research conducted on Buddhism in Australia has also largely centered on the southern states, and on white Buddhists. This article shares findings of archival research on Buddhism in the far north of Australia, focused on Chinese, Japanese, and Sri Lankan communities working in mining, pearling, and sugar cane industries, pre-WWII. It documents the histories of exclusion, resistance and belonging experienced by Australia’s Buddhists in the far north of Australia pre-WWII, during times of colonial oppression and Japanese internment. In so doing, this article challenges dominant narratives of a white Christian Australia, and also of white Buddhism in Australia, by rendering Asian communities in scholarship on religion in Australia more visible. |
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| ISSN: | 1527-6457 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26034/lu.jgb.2022.1995 |