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Darwin / Tess Lea ; cover design Sandy Cull.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lea, Tess, author.
- Series:
- Cities Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology, Urban--Australia--Northern Territory--Darwin.
- Sociology, Urban.
- City and town life--Australia--Northern Territory--Darwin.
- City and town life.
- Darwin (N.T.)--Climate.
- Darwin (N.T.).
- Darwin (N.T.)--History.
- Darwin (N.T.)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, New South Wales : NewSouth, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Darwin is a survivor, you have to give it that. Razed to the ground four times in its short history, it has picked itself up out of the debris to not only rebuild but grow. Darwin has known catastrophes and resurrections; it has endured misconceived projects and birthed visionaries. To know Darwin, to know its soul, you have to listen to it, soak in it, taste it.To write about her home town, Tess Lea waded knee-deep in memories of the city, including those of her family and her own. The story begins in 1974, when Cyclone Tracy shattered Darwin, and Lea was a little girl. Then it takes us back
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1: Building from the Ruins
- CHAPTER 2: Dangerous Proximities
- CHAPTER 3: Living It
- CHAPTER 4: Future Darwin
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 1, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-74224-677-X
- 1-74224-173-5
- OCLC:
- 862904797
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