Rowdy, Hostile Northern Australia Mirrors Arctic
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Title
Rowdy, Hostile Northern Australia Mirrors Arctic
Description
Montreal, Quebec
Part five of a six part co-series with Cartoonist Ed McNally about spending several weeks in Australia. Desbarats writes about a very rough Austalian bar with an electric international mix of labourers from a uranium and copper mine in Rum Jungle, 60 miles South of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. He believed it to be a “mirror image” of Canada’s North. He also compared this region of Australia to northern Canada with its slow economic development and transporatation issues. He also highlights the issues arising from developing aboriginal lands.
Part five of a six part co-series with Cartoonist Ed McNally about spending several weeks in Australia. Desbarats writes about a very rough Austalian bar with an electric international mix of labourers from a uranium and copper mine in Rum Jungle, 60 miles South of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. He believed it to be a “mirror image” of Canada’s North. He also compared this region of Australia to northern Canada with its slow economic development and transporatation issues. He also highlights the issues arising from developing aboriginal lands.
Creator
Peter Desbarats
Publisher
The Montreal Star
Date
Friday, April 23, 1965
Format
2 pages
Language
English
Identifier
28_1965_dc_au
Coverage
Incomplete series
Collection
Citation
Peter Desbarats, “Rowdy, Hostile Northern Australia Mirrors Arctic,” Special Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, https://archive.fims.uwo.ca/specialcollections/items/show/198.