David Fettling’s work focuses on Australian relations with Southeast Asia, both historical and contemporary. His first book is Encounters with Asian Decolonisation (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2017).
Books & arts
Australia’s forgotten internationalist
David Fettling
31 May 2019
Books | Labor’s Ben Chifley played a key role in breaking down Australia’s fortress mentality
Essays & reportage
When Chifley met Nehru, and the Commonwealth’s transformation began
David Fettling
18 April 2018
The Australian prime minister knew that any attempt to resurrect the old British Empire in Asia was doomed to failure
Essays & reportage
Crossing lines in multiracial Singapore
David Fettling
7 August 2017
After Singapore’s early years of turmoil, how are its residents living in an era of peace and prosperity?
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