Australia and New Zealand: Turning Shared Pasts into a Shared History

Abstract

Australia and New Zealand have a shared past, but not a shared history. A project at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand addresses this problem by exploring the relationship between the two countries on multiple levelspolitical, intellectual, cultural, social and economic -from the 1880s to 2000. It analyses the nature of Australia -New Zealand ties, where they are strongest and weakest, and how they have changed. The investigators are collaborating to address the deficits in knowledge about trans-Tasman relations -beyond foreign affairs -since the 1880s. This missing knowledge of trans-Tasman ties impoverishes both national stories and the quality of public commentary.

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