CHEAH BOON KHENG former Professor of History, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang JOHN H. DRABBLE former Senior Lecturer and Reader in Economic History, University of Sydney ALBERTO GOMES Senior Lecturer, School of Sociology, Politics and Anthropology, La Trobe University GISELA KAPLAN Adjunct Professor, Research Centre of Aboriginal and Multicultural Studies, University of New England, Armidale, NSW NALLAMILLI PRAKASH Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of New England LESLEY ROGERS Personal Chair, Professor of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia