Wonderful Progress
Alternative Currents in Colonial Brisbane
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600002038Keywords:
Brisbane colonial history, paradigm of progress, environmental consciousness, 'anti-political' tendenciesAbstract
Despite constructions of Brisbane's colonial history as a predominantly authoritarian pursuit of progress, reconsideration of the early years of white arrival reveals alternative tendencies that suggest an ambivalence to the paradigm of progress. These tendencies are precursors to an environmental, ‘anti-political’ consciousness that continues to play a role in the city and that contributes to the perception that Brisbane is ‘different.’
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