Kalimpong kids : the New Zealand story, in pictures
- Author/Creator:
- McCabe, Jane, author
- Publication/Creation:
- Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2020
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Kalimpong kids : the New Zealand story, in pictures / Jane McCabe
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Anglo-Indians--New Zealand--History--20th century
Anglo-Indians--New Zealand--Pictorial works
Immigrants--New Zealand--Pictorial works
Plantation owners--Family relationships--India--History--20th century
Tea plantations--Social aspects--India--History--20th century
Miscegenation--India--History--20th century
India--Race relations--History--20th century
Kālimpong (India)--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century
New Zealand--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- In the early 20th century, 130 young Anglo-Indians were sent to New Zealand in an organised immigration scheme from Kalimpong, in the Darjeeling district of India. They were the mixed-race children of British tea planters and local women, and were placed as workers with New Zealand families from the Far North to Southland. Their settlement in New Zealand was the initiative of a Scottish Presbyterian missionary, the Rev Dr John Anderson Graham, who aimed to 'rescue' and provide a home and an education for children whose opportunities would have been limited in the country of their birth. Jane McCabe is the granddaughter of Lorna Peters, who arrived with a group from Kalimpong in 1921. Jane is one of many hundreds of descendants now spread throughout New Zealand. Most grew up with little or no knowledge of their parent's Indian heritage. The story of interracial relationships, institutionalisation - and the sense of abandonment that often resulted - was rarely spoken of. But since the 1980s increasing numbers have been researching their hidden histories. In the process, extraordinary personal stories and many fabulous photographs have come to light. Jane McCabe here tells this compelling and little-known New Zealand story, in pictures.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 139 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 x 21 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937267420202486
- ISBN:
- 9781988592367
1988592364 - OCLC Number:
- 1139391963
- Barcode:
- 010003088535
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