Mining Towns - Making a living, making a life

At 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.

About the author

Erik Eklund is a professor of history at the Gippsland Campus of Monash University and the author of Steel Town: The Making and Breaking of Port Kembla. He is also the recipient of the New South Wales Premier's History Prize.

Summary

At any given moment in 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. It covers past and present, showing that while some of these towns have declined they have all had thriving local communities.

Product details

• Authors: Erik Eklund, Andy Short
• Publisher: Unsw Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9781742233529
• ISBN: 978-1-74223-352-9
• No. of pages: 314
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 537 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous