What's mine is mine(d): Contests over marginalisation of rural life in the Upper Hunter, NSW

Rural Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-183

  McManus, Phil ^a   Connor, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Australia; Coal mining; Coal seam gas; Rural communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883670462     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.2013.22.2.166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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