"Since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of Michael Thomas

This paper considers a group of songs by Australian singer- songwriter Michael (Mick) Thomas that deal with the subject of abandoned mining towns. It considers these songs in the context of a disussion of how personal stories or tales are taken as illustrative of the wider political and social issue...

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Main Author: Genoni, Paul
Format: Journal Article
Published: O L Society Limited 2002
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Online Access:http://www.overlandexpress.org/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19882