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Published 20-10-2004
ISBN 9780522851519
Pages 344
Subjects Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)
Imprint MUP POD

Artificial Horizon

Martin Thomas

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Published 20-10-2004
ISBN 9780522851519
Pages 344
Subjects Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)
Imprint MUP POD

A beautifully crafted book about the myths that constitute the meanings of the Blue Mountains,

Martin Thomas takes the reader on a journey through a compelling study of culture, landscape and mythology. For both Aboriginal people and their colonisers, the rugged landscape of the Blue Mountains has stood as an intriguing riddle and a stimulus to the imagination. The author evokes this dramatic and bewildering landscape and leads his readers through the cultural history of the locality in order to probe the 'dreamwork of imperialism'.

Formerly a research fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney, Martin Thomas is now a postdoctoral fellow in the History Department at the University of Sydney. He has worked as a writer, editor, and a radio producer. Martin lives in the Blue Mountains town of Katoomba with his partner and their son.