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y separately published work icon Early Western Australian Literature : A Guide to Colonial and Goldfields Life single work   thesis  
Issue Details: First known date: 1962... 1962 Early Western Australian Literature : A Guide to Colonial and Goldfields Life
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A thesis submitted for a Master of Arts, History Department, University of Western Australia. The thesis identifies two continuing streams of literature in Western Australian writing : 1) The Anglo-Australian tradition, conservative in nature and a legacy of WA's colonial origins, and 2) A uniquely Australian tradition which is both popular and radical.

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  • This thesis provides a comprehensive study of Western Australian literature and, in particular, the WA Goldfields poets, newspapers, newspaper editors and journalists.

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      The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: 1962 .
      Extent: 264p.
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Subjects:
  • Western Australia,
  • Goldfields area, Southeast Western Australia, Western Australia,
  • ca. 1829-1960
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