| Bib ID |
552721 |
| Format |
Book, Online - Google Books |
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| Description |
Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002
xii, 219 p., [26] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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| ISBN |
0522850367 : 0522850367 : 0522850367 0522850367
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| Summary |
Compares two Australian folk heroes, Mawson and Flynn, and analyses the reasons for their popularity. It raises a number of topical issues including the role of Australia in the international management of Antarctica; Flynn's treatment of the Aboriginal people; and relationships between the country and the bush.
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| Full contents |
- Prelude: Beltana, South Australia, 1911
- Part I. Mawson of the Antarctic: the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14: 1. 'Life opens up to one': the call of the Antarctic frontier; 2. 'Weirdness and beauty': The Antarctic wilderness; 3. 'True scientists for everything': The technological frontier; 4. 'The dear old penguins': At home in Antarctic nature
- Interlude: From the Ice to the Inland
- Part II. Flynn of the Inland, 1900-32: 5. 'Bushborn conquerors over nature': The city, the bush, and the frontier ideal; 6. 'Australia is a weird land': Frontier anxieties; 7. 'Essential unity': The organic nation; 8. 'A mantle of safety': Domesticating the frontierFinale: 'A wild precision, a strict disorder'.
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| Notes |
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 196-213.
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| Subjects |
Mawson, Douglas, - Sir, - 1882-1958. | Mawson, Douglas, - Sir, - 1882-1958 - Journeys - Antarctica. | Flynn, John, - 1880-1951. | Australian Inland Mission. | Australasian Antarctic Expedition, - (1911-1914) | Discoveries in geography. | Antarctica - Discovery and exploration. | Australia - Discovery and exploration.
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