Stranger country / Monica Tan
- Bib ID:
- 7864455
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Tan, Monica, author
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2019
- ©2019
- xvi, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, 1 map, colour portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781760632212 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"What happens when a 32-year-old first-generation Australian woman decides to chuck in a dream job, pack a sleeping bag and tent, and hit the long, dusty road for six months? Thirty-thousand kilometres later, Monica Tan has the answer, and it completely surprises her. In mid-2016, Monica left Sydney, unsure of her place in Australia. As a Chinese Australian city slicker, she couldn't have felt more distant from powerful mythologies like the Digger, the Drover's Wife and Clancy of the Overflow. And more importantly, Monica wondered, how could she ever feel she truly belonged to a land that has been the spiritual domain of Indigenous Australians for over 60,000 years? Stranger Country is the riveting account of the six months Monica drove and camped her way through some of Australia's most beautiful and remote landscapes. She shared meals, beers and conversations with miners, grey nomads, artists, farmers, community workers and small business owners from across the nation: some Aboriginal, some white, some Asian, and even a few who managed to be all three. The result is an enthralling and entertaining celebration of the spirit of adventure, a thoughtful quest for understanding and a unique portrait of Australia and all it means to those who live here."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317)
- Subject:
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- Tan, Monica -- Travel -- Australia
- Women authors, Australian -- Anecdotes
- Chinese Australians -- Anecdotes
- Young women -- Asian Australians -- Voyages and travels -- Anecdotes
- Indigenous peoples -- Australia
- Chinese -- New South Wales -- Sydney -- Anecdotes
- Automobile travel -- Australia
- Australia -- Civilization -- 21st century
- Australia -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes
- Australia -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- Australia -- Description and travel
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration
- Australian
- Also Titled:
- Stranger country : a 30,000 kilometre solo road trip through the outback
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2001
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