Abandoned Gwalia, Western Australia, and other abandoned towns Gillian M. Rodger Thomson writes with great detail

Thomson writes with great detail

Rejecting the well-worn narratives of pity

arguments for and against virtue ethics

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Abandoned Gwalia, Western Australia, and other abandoned towns Gillian M. Rodger Thomson writes with great detailRed dirt, intense heat, and hordes of flies; the Australian Outback is one of the harshest environments in the world. But this did not stop early settlers from attempting to make a living in the desert in the search for gold and the chance at a better life. Now the mining boom has created specialised camps with fly in, fly out workers, leaving once booming settlements to disappear off the map forever. In this beautifully photographed book, author and