Growing Up in Country Australia

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Growing Up in Country Australia

By: Rick Morton

Narrated by: Rebecca Bower, Tamala Shelton, Rick Morton, various

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Black Inc.'s best-selling Growing Up series goes to the country.

Growing Up in Country Australia is a fresh, modern look at country Australia. There are stories of joy, adventure, nostalgia, connection to nature and freedom, but also more grim tales - of drought, fires, mouse plagues and isolation. From the politics of the country school bus to the class divides between locals, from shooting foxes with Dad to giving up meat as an adult, from working on the family farm to selling up and moving to the city, the picture painted is diverse and unexpected. This is country Australia as you've never seen it before.

Including nearly 40 stories by established and emerging authors from a wide range of backgrounds - including First Nations and new migrants - Growing Up in Country Australia is a unique and revealing snapshot of rural life.

Contributors include Holden Sheppard, Laura Jean McKay, Annabel Crabb, Sami Shah, Lech Blaine, Tony Armstrong, Bridie Jabour, Jes Layton, Lily Chan, Jay Carmichael and many others.

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"A colourful and griping pastiche that updates the experience outside Australia’s cities and large regional centres. You will find, despite the absolute variety in these essays, that there is still something ineffable about life in the country." (Rick Morton, editor)

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This is a collection of individually interesting, but largely cliche stories moaning about how the miserable, different, queer or just weird protgonists could not wait to escape from the 'overbearing banality' of their particular experiences of country Australia and the narrow minded redneck inhabitants to find themselves in the cosmopolitan highlights of their chosen metropolis, only to then bemoan the simpler life and times of their youths, with some even having the belated self awareness to recognise that even the white, straight, rednecks were just trying to make their own way, struggling with their own identities, and doing their best to fit in wherever they could.
To my amusement, however, there is one story towards the end of a young man of Chinese origin from Bingara, that summarised the assorted stories and highlighted the ridiculousness of the posing whingers preceding his story.

interesting but largely cliche stories .

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A great collection of riveting stories from the bush. Gives us a better understanding of what it’s like to grow up out of the city. Some pronunciation should probably have been checked with the authors/ locals but overall very enjoyable

Many great insights into country childhoods

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Yes growing up country Australia
I really enjoy these books Rick Morton
I have had similar experiances growing up in Australia..except iam 62 ...Thank you Again Rick & Thank you Rebecca Bower & Tamala Shelton 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜and everyone who added to the story .💜💜💜💜💜💜🇦🇺💜🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺