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01963cam a2200337 a 4500 |
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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140811s2014 xna b 000 0 eng |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2014432569 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781742233864 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781742241739 (ePub) |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781742246772 (ePDF) |
CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
pcc |
GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
u-at-no |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
HT151 |
Item number |
.L43 2014 |
SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(IMchF)fol15357323 |
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20170126100647.0 |
CONTROL NUMBER |
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59644 |
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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UOWD |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Lea, Tess |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Darwin |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Tess Lea |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Sydney, NSW : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
NewSouth Pub., |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2014. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xiii, 290 p. ; |
Dimensions |
19 cm. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-290). |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
Razed to the ground four times in its short history, the city of Darwin, Australia, has picked itself up out of the debris to not only rebuild but grow. Darwin has known catastrophes and resurrections; it has endured misconceived projects and birthed visionaries. To write about her home town, Tess Lea waded knee-deep in memories of the city, including those of her family and her own. The story begins in 1974, when Cyclone Tracy shattered Darwin, and Lea was a little girl. Then it takes us back to the wild times of early settlement, explores the backstory of the White Australia policy, paints a vivid picture of the bombing of Darwin during World War II, and guides us to Australia's militarized future, led by Darwin, sitting as it does under the largest aerial defense training space in the world. Lyrical and visceral, Tess Lea's ode to her hometown is suffused with the textures, colors, scents and the many gritty realities that beset this tough, fragile, magical, foolhardy, and unique place. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sociology, Urban |
Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
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Darwin (N.T.) |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
City and town life |
Geographic subdivision |
Australia |
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Darwin (N.T.) |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Darwin (N.T.) |
General subdivision |
History |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Darwin (N.T.) |
General subdivision |
Climate |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Darwin (N.T.) |
General subdivision |
Social life and customs |
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
REGULAR |