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The Northern Myth – a short introduction

September 26, 2008 – 1:39 pm

B R Davidson’s book “The Northern Myth” was first published in 1965 and set out to dispel the then popular belief that tropical Australia could be transformed into a magical land of milk and honey from which boundless agricultural wealth would flow.
Davidson’s book should be mandatory reading for any contemporary politician who puts “the north”, [...]

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