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Dedication: To Yvonne, whose support makes almost anything possible; and to the miners of Mount Isa, especially the forty-five 'never to be re-employed.'
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Staking a Claim : Eight Mt Isa Novels
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , June vol. 20 no. 1 2013; (p. 96-109) 'Mt Isa's story is an Australian foundation epic. Only heroic struggle could have dug the mine and built the city a thousand kilometres from the nearest deepwater port, in a scorched red landscape sparsely dotted with spinifex and eucalypts. In Mines in the spinifex (1970), Geoffrey Blainey celebrates the fortitude of the prospectors and entrepreneurs who overcame these obstacles to found what he calls ‘the greatest Australian mine of the [twentieth] century’ (1970: 64).' (Publication abstract) -
Book Review : Blood Stains the Wattle
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: AQ : Journal of Contemporary Analysis , March-April vol. 75 no. 2 2003; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel -
Suffer the Soldiers of Solidarity
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 January 2003; (p. 12)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel -
Industrial Passion in the Dust of Mt Isa
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 Janaury 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel ; Aztec 1997 single work novel ; Men in Straw Hats 2002 single work novel ; The Innocent 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 27 November - 3 December 2002; (p. 15)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel
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Industrial Passion in the Dust of Mt Isa
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 Janaury 2003; (p. 13)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel ; Aztec 1997 single work novel ; Men in Straw Hats 2002 single work novel ; The Innocent 2002 single work novel -
Suffer the Soldiers of Solidarity
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 January 2003; (p. 12)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel -
Book Review : Blood Stains the Wattle
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: AQ : Journal of Contemporary Analysis , March-April vol. 75 no. 2 2003; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel -
Mining History's Rich Seam
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 19 October 2002; (p. 6)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel -
Untitled
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 27 November - 3 December 2002; (p. 15)
— Review of Blood Stains the Wattle 2002 single work novel -
Staking a Claim : Eight Mt Isa Novels
2013
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , June vol. 20 no. 1 2013; (p. 96-109) 'Mt Isa's story is an Australian foundation epic. Only heroic struggle could have dug the mine and built the city a thousand kilometres from the nearest deepwater port, in a scorched red landscape sparsely dotted with spinifex and eucalypts. In Mines in the spinifex (1970), Geoffrey Blainey celebrates the fortitude of the prospectors and entrepreneurs who overcame these obstacles to found what he calls ‘the greatest Australian mine of the [twentieth] century’ (1970: 64).' (Publication abstract)
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- Mount Isa, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
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