"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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| author | Genoni, Paul |
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| description | 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 issues arising from the closure or abandonment of such towns. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-198822017-01-30T12:16:18Z "Since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of Michael Thomas Genoni, Paul Mining towns - ghost towns - weddings parties anything 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 issues arising from the closure or abandonment of such towns. 2002 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19882 http://www.overlandexpress.org/ O L Society Limited fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Mining towns - ghost towns - weddings parties anything Genoni, Paul "Since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of Michael Thomas |
| title | "Since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of Michael Thomas |
| title_full | "Since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of Michael Thomas |
| title_fullStr | "Since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of Michael Thomas |
| title_full_unstemmed | "Since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of Michael Thomas |
| title_short | "Since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of Michael Thomas |
| title_sort | "since the mine closed down": mining town closures in the songs of michael thomas |
| topic | Mining towns - ghost towns - weddings parties anything |
| url | http://www.overlandexpress.org/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19882 |