1. Introduction -- 2. Philippine-Australian interactions : the late nineteenth century / R.C. Ileto -- 3. Influential circles : the philippines in Australian trade and tourism, 1840-1926 / Paul Battersby -- 4. Gaudencio Cabanela, 1900-1921 / Anne Tapp -- 5. Tom Inglis Moore / Pacita Alexander & E. Perkins -- 6. A Philippine hero : The half way sun by Tom Inglis Moore / Elizabeth Perkins -- 7. It had to happen / R. Sullivan -- 8. The presence of the past : Inez Davis and Junie Morosi / Elizabeth Holt -- 9. Recent migration to Australia from the Philippines / Richard T. Jackson -- 10. Philippine-Australian defence relations / Queenie R. David-Balaba -- 11. Philippine studies in Australia / Mark Turner -- 12. The 4th International Philippine Studies Conference : a personal reaction / Paul Pertierra -- Bibliography of Australian writing on the Philippines / Mark Turner