Until recently, Australia and Latin America were considered irrelevant to one another. The prevailing perception in Australia had been that Latin America was too remote, disconnected, and politically irrelevant to warrant serious scholarly or public attention. In recent years, this perception has rapidly changed, with Australian universities seeking to attract Latin American students, new diplomatic relations emerging, investment in mining and other business sectors expanding, and a growing fascination in Australia with Latin American food, music, dance and other forms of popular culture. These rapid developments can only properly be understood within the context of broader global transformations underway, including shifts in power relations between the 'Global North' and 'Global South', the rise of key Latin American economies, major technological developments, and ever-increasing global interconnectivity. This pioneering interdisciplinary book ventures into the new space of Australian-Latin American relations, exploring multiple dimensions of the rapidly changing landscape within a global context.

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Elizabeth Kath is a Lecturer at the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University, Australia. She has a political science background and now works within the interdisciplinary field of global studies. Her work, reflecting a long-standing regional interest in Latin America and the Caribbean, has appeared in numerous journal articles, international conferences and books, including Social Relations and the Cuban Health Miracle (2010), The SAGE Handbook of Globalization (2014), and Narratives of Globalization: Reflections on the Global Condition (2015).

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Preface; Paul James

1. Australia and Latin America in a Global Era; Elizabeth Kath
2. A Tale of Two Waves: Latin American Migration to Australia; Raul Sanchez Urribarri, John Sinclair, Mara Favoretto, Elizabeth Kath, Vicente Perez de Leon, and Annie Fergusson
3. From 'Latin Americans' to Country-based Distinctions: A Case Study of the Migratory Motivations and Adaptation Experiences of Mexicans in Australia'; M. Laura Vazquez Maggio
4. The 'Tequila Effect' or 'How the Taco Won Australia': The Appropriation of Mexican and Latin American Culture in Australia; Barry Carr and John Sinclair
5. Towards a Hybrid Latin American-Australian Music Scene; Mara Favoretto
6. Rediscovering El Dorado: Past and Future Trade Relations with Latin America; Alexis S. Esposto and John Fien
7. Australia and Brazil: Common Experiences of the China Challenge; Adrian H. Hearn
8. The Changing Nature of Australian-Latin American Trade Relations in Educational Services; Angel Calderon9. The Magic of Big Science in Forging Collaborative Relationships: Australia, Latin America and the Australian Synchrotron Initiative; Victor Del Rio