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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51104722 Title: The ice and the inland : Mawson, Flynn, and the myth of the frontier Author: Brigid Hains Publisher: Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002. ISBN/ISSN: 0522850367 9780522850369 OCLC:51104722

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The ice and the inland : Mawson, Flynn, and the myth of the frontier

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The ice and the inland : Mawson, Flynn, and the myth of the frontier

Author:	Brigid Hains
Publisher:	Carlton South, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Compares two Australian folk heroes, Mawson and Flynn, and analyses the reasons for their popularity. It raises a number of topical issues including the role of Australia in the international management of Antarctica; Flynn's treatment of the Aboriginal people; and relationships between the country and the bush.
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Named Person:	Douglas Mawson, Sir; Douglas Mawson, Sir; John Flynn; Douglas Mawson; John Flynn
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Brigid Hains Find more information about:
ISBN:	0522850367 9780522850369
OCLC Number:	51104722
Description:	xii, 219 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Prelude: Beltana, South Australia, 1911 -- Part I. Mawson of the Antarctic: the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14: 1. 'Life opens up to one': the call of the Antarctic frontier; 2. 'Weirdness and beauty': The Antarctic wilderness; 3. 'True scientists for everything': The technological frontier; 4. 'The dear old penguins': At home in Antarctic nature -- Interlude: From the Ice to the Inland -- Part II. Flynn of the Inland, 1900-32: 5. 'Bushborn conquerors over nature': The city, the bush, and the frontier ideal; 6. 'Australia is a weird land': Frontier anxieties; 7. 'Essential unity': The organic nation; 8. 'A mantle of safety': Domesticating the frontierFinale: 'A wild precision, a strict disorder'
Responsibility:	Brigid Hains.

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Compares two Australian folk heroes, Mawson and Flynn, and analyses the reasons for their popularity. It raises a number of topical issues including the role of Australia in the international management of Antarctica; Flynn's treatment of the Aboriginal people; and relationships between the country and the bush.

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