A place for the arts in rural revitalisation and the social wellbeing of australian rural communities

Rural Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-70

  Anwar McHenry, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arts; Capacity; Community development; Creativity; Culture; Participation; Rural communities; Social wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650703495     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.19.1.60     Document Type: Article

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