Spatially uneven development: Government policy and rural reform in the wheatbelt of Western Australia

Anthropological Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-252

  Tonts, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 37549041872     PISSN: 00664677     EISSN: 14692902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0066467042000269503     Document Type: Article

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