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Mirror Sydney

An Atlas of Reflections

Author: Vanessa Berry
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ISBN: 9781925336252
Format: Paperback
Published: October 2017
Published By: New South Books
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Through delicately wrought essays and hand-drawn illustrated maps, Mirror Sydney charts an alternative view of the harbour city, to show a place of suburban mysteries, hidden stories, and anachronistic sites. Vanessa Berry, one of Australia's most acute observers of the urban landscape, casts an attentive eye upon overlooked, odd, and seemingly mundane places, tracing their connections and their significance to the city as a whole.
As development shadows every aspect of the city's life, Mirror Sydney documents, in a very personal way, the fast-vanishing traces of the recent past, finding new meaning in minor landmarks and uncelebrated sites. From abandoned amusement parks to mysterious traffic islands; from the railway lost-property office to the elephant buried in Sydney Park; and from the eccentric murals of the Domain's underground walkway to the remnants of the ill-fated monorail, Berry's curious gaze discovers an alternative and eccentric, little-known city.
ISBN: 9781925336252
Number of Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Reading Level: Upper Secondary
Published Date: 01-Oct-2017
Dimensions (mm): 245x170mm
Publisher: New South Books

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