"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
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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