Roads, Tourism and Cultural History
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Roads, Tourism and Cultural History

On the Road in Australia

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eBook - ePub

Roads, Tourism and Cultural History

On the Road in Australia

About this book

Roads and road tourism loom large in the Australian imagination as distance and mobility have shaped the nation's history and culture, but roads are more than simply transport routes; they embody multiple layers of history, mythology and symbolism. Drawing on Australian travel writing, diaries and manuscripts, tourism literature, fiction, poetry and feature films, this book explores how Australians have experienced and imagined roads and road touring beyond urban settings: from Aboriginal 'songlines' to modern-day road trips. It also tells the stories of iconic roads, including the Birdsville Track, Stuart Highway and Great Ocean Road, and suggests alternative approaches to heritage and tourism interpretation of these important routes. The ongoing impact of the colonial past on Indigenous peoples and contemporary Australian society and culture – including representations of the road and road travel – is explored throughout the book. The volume offers a new way of thinking about roads and road tourism as important strands in a nation's cultural fabric.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover-Page
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Abbreviations and Metric Conversions
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction: Imagining the Road
  11. 1. Making Tracks
  12. 2. The Call of the Open Road
  13. 3. ‘Discovering’ Australia
  14. 4. Travelling North
  15. 5. ‘Going Around’: On the Road to Nowhere?
  16. 6. Freedom on the Wallaby?
  17. 7. What Goes on Tour… .: Communities and Rituals of the Road
  18. 8. Blood on the Bitumen: The Dark Side of the Road
  19. 9. Politics and Protest on the Road
  20. 10. Romancing the Road: Constructing Australian Icons
  21. Are We There Yet? Conclusions on the Road
  22. Select Bibliography
  23. Index