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Mobility and modernity in Arnhem Land: The social universe of Kuninjku trucks.

Date

Authors

Altman, Jon

Hinkson, Melinda

Publisher

Sage Publications Inc

Abstract

This article explores the central role played by vehicles in a contradictory set of social processes that have unfolded in western Arnhem Land, north Australia, over the last five decades. Motor vehicles have mediated much of humanity's experience of the

Keywords

Keywords: material culture; mobility; modernity; transportation development; transportation history; trucking; Arnhem Land; Australasia; Australia; Northern Territory Aboriginal Australia; Arnhem land; Modernity; Outstations; Vehicles

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/26295

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Material Culture

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1177/1359183507078122

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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