Digging People Up for Coal: A History of Yallourn
The Yallourn Story
$52.99
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
3 February 1998
Summary
This book is about the birth, life and loss of Yallourn. It brings to life the impact of the town, and of its demise, on the individuals who lived there and on the community they created - a community which still exists vividly in memory and imagination. In Digging Up People for Coal, Fletcher looks at the intensity of the grief people feel for lost places, and at the creativity that can emanate from destruction.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522849783 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522849784 |
| Author: | Meredith Fletcher |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 3 February 1998 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 161mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
Meredith Fletcher s story of a town obliterated is a particularly important contribution to local history. Incisive and accessible, it covers the ideologies that influenced the creation and destruction of the town, conveys a sense of what it was like to live there, and elaborates the commemorative mythologies that have flourished since its demise. “The Age””
Meredith Fletcher
Meredith Fletcher blames her wanderlust on her navy father. The one constant she had througout their moves was her books. The battered trunk followed her around the world when she was growing up. These days, the trunk is stored, but sometimes comes with Meredith to visit A-frame houses high in the Colorado mountains, cottages in Maine, and rental flats where she stays for months at a stretch. Interested readers can reach her at MFletcher1216@aol.
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