Grog war / Alexis Wright
- Bib ID:
- 4666994
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Wright, Alexis, 1950-
- Edition:
- New ed.
- Description:
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- Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2009
- 280 p. [4] p. plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921248122
- Summary:
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Miles Franklin award-winning author Alexis Wright recounts how a remote town in Australia dealt with the invasion of grog on their traditional lands. Wright describes the shocking effects of alcohol abuse and racism in this vivid portrayal of a small town fighting to bring about change.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-280).
- Subject:
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- Alcoholism -- Social aspects -- Northern Territory -- Tennant Creek
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Tennant Creek -- Alcohol use
- Community organisations - Social welfare
- Law - Administrative law - Northern Territory
- Warumungu people (C18) (NT SE53-10)
- Substance use - Alcohol - Availability, dry areas etc
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Tennant Creek (N.T.) -- Social conditions
- Tennant Creek (Central NT SE53-14)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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