Birthday parties and flower shows, musters and multiculturalism: Festivals in post-war gympie

Festival Places: Revitalising Rural Australia

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 136-154

  Edwards, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

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