A trenchant and controversial study of Australian artistic impressions of Asia since European settlement. It should be of interest to non-specialist readers with interests in Australian art history, literary studies, and cultural studies, as well as academics and students in these disciplines.

This is a trenchant and controversial study of Australian artistic impressions of Asia since European settlement. Looking at paintings, ceramics, sculptures, novels, poetry, film, television, journalism, and cartoons, Broinowski argues that racist and myopic attitudes towards most things Asian have characterized much of Australian art and the country's broader social and political relations with Asia and the Pacific region.