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y separately published work icon The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne Graeme Davison , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1978 Z1181054 1978 single work non-fiction (taught in 1 units)

'With a new preface and epilogue and a collection of picture essays by contemporary writers, this updated edition explores the economic, political, social, and cultural consequences of the economic rise and fall of Melbourne during the 1880s.' (Publication summary, 2005 edition)

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Description

Australia is one of the most heavily urbanised nations on earth. It also has an extraordinarily large concentration of its population in large metropolitan centres. This is surprising given Australia's reputation overseas (and its image of itself) as a country of wide-open spaces, laconic bushfolk and an economy built on rural industries and mining. This course will examine the history of the growth and development of city and suburban living in Australia. Theories and models of city development will be presented - the commercial city, the industrial city, the metropolis and the hinterland, ideal cities and garden suburbs, the post-modern city - and their applicability to the history of urban development in Australia explored. Themes to be examined will include: poverty, crime and corruption; the revolutions in public health, transport and communications; suburbia and domestic architecture; planning, city architecture, and high culture; settlement patterns, immigration, urban decay and urban rebirth.

Assessment

Tutorial participation (10%), 4,000 word essay (40%), optional 4,000 word essay or 2 hour exam (40%) and a floating 10%.

Other Details

Levels: Postgraduate
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