Frontiers of Labour: Identity and Belonging in Australian Mining and Industrial Towns, 1850-2000

对矿业和工业城镇的研究将为理解澳大利亚区域的重要性和多样性做出重要的智力和文化贡献。该研究将提供11个案例研究的历史信息，并将这些案例研究与国家历史模式联系起来。这项研究将突出那些在外人眼中经常被忽视或掩盖的地方的历史。 研究结果将为其他研究人员和决策者提供丰富的材料，以研究在本研究所涉的往往孤立和脆弱的地区产生长期可持续繁荣和城镇发展的历史条件。

This study of mining and industrial towns will be an important intellectual and cultural contribution to understanding the significance and diversity of regional Australia. The research will provide historical information on eleven case studies as well connect those case studies to patterns of national history. The research will highlight the history of places that are often overlooked or disparaged in the eyes of outsiders. The outcomes will provide rich material for other researchers and policy makers to study the historical conditions which generated long-term sustainable prosperity and town development in the often isolated and vulnerable localities that are the subject of this research.