| Reference Type |
book
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| Title |
Brunswick: One History, Many Voices |
| Author(s) | Brunswick |
| Editor(s) | Helen Penrose |
| Town |
South Melbourne |
| State |
VIC |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
00-00-1994 |
| Citation Date |
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| Comments |
This text is wonderfully summed up in its title, that the inner Melbourne suburb has a rich historical past, unlike that of any other suburb; Brunswick crosses cultural, social and religious boundaries. It takes the reader on an archival journey through the ever-changing society that resided in this metropolitan hub.
Divided into forty-six chapters, each chapter is further translated into four other languages to cater for the still immense variety of ethnicities residing in Brunswick.
Chapter 32 entitled The Rise and Fall of the Empire goes into a discussion of the life and love for the theatre by the community of Brunswick. It provides a number of excellent quality, however small, images of what The Empire looked like in its prime. It also provides a couple of advertisements taken from newsletters and newspapers from the day found in sources such as Brunswick Sentinel and Brunswick and Coburg Gazette.
Brunswick: One History, Many Voices is laden with personal accounts from those who experienced what the theatre and community at large was like for them during its earlier times. This is a point of great interest, and while Chapter 32 entails snippets it may have been worth the authors time to have invested most effort into elaborating these personal stories further.
This chapter also pays particular attention to one dimension of the theatre, being the ownership and business side, however, lacks in providing the reader with information on the creative and colourful past The Empire is known to have had.
The book overall in an insight into an old suburb that many in a contemporary Melbourne setting, are unlikely to have heard of. It is a well worth read, as it goes into some intriguing topics such as: The Impact of the Depression, Free speech fights, The Greeks in Brunswick and more.
(C.Pereira) |
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