02736nam 2200589 450 991065205320332120230126203608.01-74224-111-51-74224-598-6(CKB)2550000001134083(EBL)1600443(SSID)ssj0000738398(PQKBManifestationID)12257037(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738398(PQKBWorkID)10792454(PQKB)10959895(MiAaPQ)EBC1600443(MiAaPQ)EBC1035933(Au-PeEL)EBL1035933(OCoLC)818816827(EXLCZ)99255000000113408320220517d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMining towns making a living, making a life /Erik EklundSydney :University of New South Wales Press,[2012]©20121 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-352-X 1-306-02541-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 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; POSTSCRIPT; APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEXAt any given moment in our history Australia has been in the middle of a mining boom. This timely book is a history of the iconic Australian towns that arose with these booms over a century: Broken Hill, Mount Isa, Queenstown, Mount Morgan, Port Pirie and Kambalda. Mining Towns shows the rich cultural and historical legacy these towns helped create as townspeople - those working below the ground and those above - sought to make their lives in them. The current 'fly-in-fly-out' mining culture means we may not see the likes of them again, which, as this book shows, will be a great loss.Mineral industriesSocial aspectsAustraliaMinersDwellingsAustraliaCities and townsAustraliaMineral industriesSocial aspectsMinersDwellingsCities and towns338.2Eklund Erik(Erik Carl),1229494MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910652053203321Mining towns2853880UNINA