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Rural cosmopolitanism at the frontier? Chinese farmers and community relations in northern Queensland, c.1890–1920

Michael WoodsDepartment of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 107-131 | Published online: 29 May 2017

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