Introduction

Abstract

It has been a sad pleasure to put together this volume in memory of a dear friend and colleague to many across the world; Bruce Bennett, who died on 14 April 2012 after several years of fighting cancer. It seemed only fitting that a volume dedicated to him should appear in a European journal given his constant support for Australian Studies in Europe. Bruce, however, with his encyclopaedic knowledge was open to all areas of study and thus helped and took great interest in scholars working in other fields of Postcolonial Studies, such was his nature.