298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
1. The global and national context -- 2. Broken Hill : icon of working-class culture -- 3. Mount Morgan : in the thrall of modernity -- 4. Queenstown : 'they've got to come here and they've got to learn about it' -- 5. Port Pirie : 'essentially hard and practical' -- 6. Mount Isa : normalising outback suburbia -- 7. Kambalda : modernity, environment and experience
Summary
At any given moment in our history Australia has been in the middle of a mining boom. This book is a history of iconic Australian towns that have emerged as a result of these booms: Broken Hill, Mount Isa, Queenstown, Mount Morgan, Port Pirie and Kambalda
