Download or read book Britain, China, and Colonial Australia written by Benjamin Mountford and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reaching back to the arrival of the British in the 1780s, 'Britain, China, and Colonial Australia' explores the early history of Australian engagement with China and traces the development of colonial Australia into an important point of contact between the British and Chinese Empires.