EDITOR: Professor John Connell, University of Sydney ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Dr Melissa Neave, Universi... more EDITOR: Professor John Connell, University of Sydney ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Dr Melissa Neave, University of Sydney EDITORIAL BOARD: Professor Paul Bishop, University of Glasgow Associate Professor Arthur Conacher, University of Western Australia Professor Ruth Fincher, University of Melbourne Professor Edward Hickin, Simon Fraser University Professor Peter Holland, University of Otago Professor Ron Johnston, University of Bristol Professor Jim Walmsley, University of New England The Australian Geographer focuses primarily on ...
Local representations of the significance of Albany, Western Australia, in the first world war an... more Local representations of the significance of Albany, Western Australia, in the first world war and of the city's part in the birth of Anzac register substantial points of departure from national histories. While both the Anzac mythos and official renderings of Australia's wars ...
Abstract Anzac Day, widely considered to be Australia's 'real'national day, mobili... more Abstract Anzac Day, widely considered to be Australia's 'real'national day, mobilizes,(re) constructs and negotiates a profound historical and contemporary mythology of national identity. The role of women in this mythology has long been problematic. This paper ...
In 2004, BHP Billiton announced it would open what has since become a US$2.2 billion nickel mine ... more In 2004, BHP Billiton announced it would open what has since become a US$2.2 billion nickel mine in the rural Shire of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. The arrival of this mine exemplifies profound and rapid rural economic change. Taking the position that economic change cannot be understood separately from local social aspects and contexts, this paper offers a brief critical exploration of the lay experiences of the Jerdacuttup community, home to the mine site. Arguing that the relationships between economic change and social and cultural contexts and responses must be considered in terms of their highly local articulations, this paper seeks to contribute to the rural change literature, in particular work on the social and cultural aspects of economic change.
... branding [can] not only co-exist but also essentially merge such that brands are conduits ...... more ... branding [can] not only co-exist but also essentially merge such that brands are conduits ... of placebranding through a critical examination of the politics of place branding in terms of ... Drawing on work on identity and place in cultural geography and cultural studies, the relationship ...
This paper draws upon Hubbard's (1999, p. 57) term 'scary heterosexualities,' that is non-normati... more This paper draws upon Hubbard's (1999, p. 57) term 'scary heterosexualities,' that is non-normative heterosexuality, in the context of the rural drawing on data from fieldwork in the remote Western Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie. Our focus is 'the skimpie' e a female barmaid who serves in her underwear and who, in both historical and contemporary times, is strongly associated with rural mining communities. Interviews with skimpies and local residents as well as participant observation reveal how potential fears and anxieties about skimpies are managed. We identify the discursive and spatial processes by which skimpie work is contained in Kalgoorlie so that the potential scariness 'the skimpie' represents to the rural is muted and buttressed in terms of a more conventional and less threatening rural heterosexuality.
Local representations of the significance of Albany, Western Australia, in the first world war an... more Local representations of the significance of Albany, Western Australia, in the first world war and of the city's part in the birth of Anzac register substantial points of departure from national histories. While both the Anzac mythos and official renderings of Australia's wars ...
Abstract Three separate claims to originating the dawn service–a core element of the Australian A... more Abstract Three separate claims to originating the dawn service–a core element of the Australian Anzac Day ritual and sense of Australian national identity–circulate persistently in contemporary Australian culture. This article offers a critical comparative analysis of these ...
EDITOR: Professor John Connell, University of Sydney ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Dr Melissa Neave, Universi... more EDITOR: Professor John Connell, University of Sydney ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Dr Melissa Neave, University of Sydney EDITORIAL BOARD: Professor Paul Bishop, University of Glasgow Associate Professor Arthur Conacher, University of Western Australia Professor Ruth Fincher, University of Melbourne Professor Edward Hickin, Simon Fraser University Professor Peter Holland, University of Otago Professor Ron Johnston, University of Bristol Professor Jim Walmsley, University of New England The Australian Geographer focuses primarily on ...
Local representations of the significance of Albany, Western Australia, in the first world war an... more Local representations of the significance of Albany, Western Australia, in the first world war and of the city's part in the birth of Anzac register substantial points of departure from national histories. While both the Anzac mythos and official renderings of Australia's wars ...
Abstract Anzac Day, widely considered to be Australia's 'real'national day, mobili... more Abstract Anzac Day, widely considered to be Australia's 'real'national day, mobilizes,(re) constructs and negotiates a profound historical and contemporary mythology of national identity. The role of women in this mythology has long been problematic. This paper ...
In 2004, BHP Billiton announced it would open what has since become a US$2.2 billion nickel mine ... more In 2004, BHP Billiton announced it would open what has since become a US$2.2 billion nickel mine in the rural Shire of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. The arrival of this mine exemplifies profound and rapid rural economic change. Taking the position that economic change cannot be understood separately from local social aspects and contexts, this paper offers a brief critical exploration of the lay experiences of the Jerdacuttup community, home to the mine site. Arguing that the relationships between economic change and social and cultural contexts and responses must be considered in terms of their highly local articulations, this paper seeks to contribute to the rural change literature, in particular work on the social and cultural aspects of economic change.
... branding [can] not only co-exist but also essentially merge such that brands are conduits ...... more ... branding [can] not only co-exist but also essentially merge such that brands are conduits ... of placebranding through a critical examination of the politics of place branding in terms of ... Drawing on work on identity and place in cultural geography and cultural studies, the relationship ...
This paper draws upon Hubbard's (1999, p. 57) term 'scary heterosexualities,' that is non-normati... more This paper draws upon Hubbard's (1999, p. 57) term 'scary heterosexualities,' that is non-normative heterosexuality, in the context of the rural drawing on data from fieldwork in the remote Western Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie. Our focus is 'the skimpie' e a female barmaid who serves in her underwear and who, in both historical and contemporary times, is strongly associated with rural mining communities. Interviews with skimpies and local residents as well as participant observation reveal how potential fears and anxieties about skimpies are managed. We identify the discursive and spatial processes by which skimpie work is contained in Kalgoorlie so that the potential scariness 'the skimpie' represents to the rural is muted and buttressed in terms of a more conventional and less threatening rural heterosexuality.
Local representations of the significance of Albany, Western Australia, in the first world war an... more Local representations of the significance of Albany, Western Australia, in the first world war and of the city's part in the birth of Anzac register substantial points of departure from national histories. While both the Anzac mythos and official renderings of Australia's wars ...
Abstract Three separate claims to originating the dawn service–a core element of the Australian A... more Abstract Three separate claims to originating the dawn service–a core element of the Australian Anzac Day ritual and sense of Australian national identity–circulate persistently in contemporary Australian culture. This article offers a critical comparative analysis of these ...
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