Interview with David Walker, Australia: "Western outpost" or part of Asia?

Historian David Walker discusses his essay in the AFA Journal, 'Great Australian Divide: The Western outpost faces the Asian Century.' David discusses the history of Australia's complex national identity and relationship to Asia. In Australia, Asian immigration was at once viewed with anxiety but also with positivity and optimism – it is here we discover the surprising origins of the multicultural spirit in 19th century Australia.