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Eric Meadows

Eric Meadows is an Honorary Fellow in the Contemporary Histories Research Group at Deakin University. He has published on the history of international education in Australia, on the impact of Australia’s immigration policies on its relations with India and on public diplomacy and education. He was formerly Pro-Vice Chancellor (International) at Deakin University, Deputy Principal (International Programs) at the University of Melbourne and started his career as an Australian diplomat in New Delhi and then Tel Aviv.

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The Australian High Commission in India

Edited by: David Lowe, Eric Meadows

Publication date: September 2022

Beginning in 1943–44, Australia’s relationship with India is its oldest continuous formal diplomatic relationship with any Asian country. The early diplomatic exchanges between Australia and India have teased for their suggestions of potential unrealised, for opportunities missed, especially when compared with the very recent excitement about the future of Australia–India relations. How did Australia’s representatives and their staff in New Delhi negotiate the many dimensions of Australia–India relations? This book brings together expert analyses of the work of the Australian High Commission, its key people and the challenges they faced in New Delhi. The important India Economic Strategy to 2035 report handed to the Australian Government in mid-2018 begins with the comment: ‘Timing has always been a challenge in Australia’s relationship with India.’ As the Australian Government works to implement some of the ambitious recommendations in the report, this book adds to our understanding of why timing has been a challenge, and how those at the coalface of the relationship have grappled with it.

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