Crime capital of Australia: The gold coast on screen

Studies in Australasian Cinema

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-292

  Stockwell, Stephen ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime genre; Crime statistics; Gold coast; Murder; Queensland; Regional Australian Cinema; Sharks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887088560     PISSN: 17503175     EISSN: 17503183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/sac.5.3.281_1     Document Type: Article

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