The Image of Queensland in the Writings of Stefan Von Kotze and Rudolf De Haas

Abstract

The emergence of Australian nationhood at the turn of the century was documented in its manifold dimensions by a wave of European "observers". However, the separate identity of Queensland as viewed specifically through German eyes has been largely ignored, despite the fact that it was poignantly captured in the imaginative and non-fictional oeuvre of Stefan von Kotze and his fellow countryman Rudolf de Haas.