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'David Whish-Wilson’s Perth is a place of surprising beauty, of sand-swept peace and brilliant light, yet a place where the deeper historical currents are never too far beneath the surface. Like the Swan River that flows in two directions at once at certain times, with the fresh water flowing seawards above the salty water flowing in beneath it, Perth strikes perfect harmony with the city’s contradictions and eccentricities.
'We look beyond shiny glass facades and boosterish talk of mining booms to the richness of the natural world and the trailblazers, the rebels, the occasional ghost and the ordinary people that bring Australia’s remotest city to life.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Ollie and Jean, Jack and Doreen, Tony and Rosemary, and Bella, Max, Fairlie and Luka.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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[Untitled]
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 April 2014; (p. 25)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
Perthward
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 358 2014; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
Celebrating Our Far Western City of Contradictions
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 31) The Age , 1 March 2014; (p. 31)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
Mining a City of Dreams
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
Portrait of Growing Pains
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 December (p. 8)
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Perth
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 November 2013; (p. 6)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
Mining a City of Dreams
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
Celebrating Our Far Western City of Contradictions
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 31) The Age , 1 March 2014; (p. 31)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
Perthward
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 358 2014; (p. 27-28)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
[Untitled]
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 April 2014; (p. 25)
— Review of Perth 2013 single work prose -
Portrait of Growing Pains
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 December (p. 8)
Awards
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- Perth, Western Australia,
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