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    Title
    Adelaide
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Kerryn Goldsworthy
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 304
    Width: 110 mm
    Height: 178 mm
    Thickness: 25 mm
    Weight: 369 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781742232621
    ISBN 10: 1742232620
    Classifications
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1MBFS
    Dewey: 994.231
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T8.4
    BISAC category code: TRV004000
    BISAC category code: LIT004070
    LC classification: DU
    Publisher
    UNSW Press
    Imprint name
    UNSW Press
    Publication date
    01 January 2012
    Publication City/Country
    Sydney/AU
    Main description
    Consisting of a painting, a frog cake, a landmark, a statue, a haunting newspaper photograph, a bucket of peaches, pink shorts in parliament, concert tickets, and tourist maps, this book is a museum of sorts—a personal guide to the city of Adelaide, Australia, through a collection of iconic objects. These objects explore the beautiful, commonplace, dark, and contradictory history of Adelaide, including the heat, the wine, the weirdness, the progressive politics, the rigid colonial formality, the sinister horrors, and the homey friendliness. A unique way of looking at the city through a small-scale lens, this evocative handbook will engage residents and visitors alike.
    Biographical note
    Kerryn Goldsworthy is a freelance writer, a former columnist for the Adelaide Review, and the editor of the Australian Book Review and the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature. She is the author of several books, including Helen Garner and North of the Moonlight Sonata.