'... to try to Ruin': Rock'n'roll, youth culture and law'n'order in Brisbane, 1956-1957

Australian Historical Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 109, 1997, Pages 106-119

  Evans, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 19544394758     PISSN: 1031461X     EISSN: 19405049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10314619708596046     Document Type: Article

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