| Alice Springs Contributor(s): Hogan, Eleanor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1742233252 ISBN-13: 9781742233253 Publisher: NewSouth Books OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Australia & Oceania |
| Series: Cities (University of New South Wales Press) |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 4.66" W x 7.29" (0.70 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alice Springs, Alice, The Alice, Mparntwe is the most talked about but least familiar place in Australia. It is a town of extremes and contradictions: searingly hot and bitterly cold, thousands of miles from anywhere, the heart of black Australia and the headquarters of the controversial NT Intervention. It's seen as a place where blokes are blokes, yet the town has a high lesbian population. It is the gateway to the red centre, but relatively few Australians have been there. Its striking landscape and modern facilities attract those looking for a desert change, yet it is a town where frontier conflicts still hold sway. Eleanor Hogan's Alice Springs reveals the texture of everyday life in this town through the passage of the local seasons. |