Origins of Australia's Engagement with Asia by 1949

The origins of Australia's engagement with Asia by 1949. John Curtin's response to the Fall of Singapore and the shift from the UK to the USA; the impact of the American alliance and the Pacific theatre; social attitudes towards Japan; Australia's leadership of the Commonwealth Occupation Forces in post-war Japan; the influence of the White Australia Policy and the reasons for 'Populate or Perish'; Evatt's role in establishing the UN and supporting colonised nations; and the Chifley government's response to Indonesian independence 1945–49.