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Seeking the Centre: The Australian Desert in Literature, Art and Film

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Haynes has put a great deal of effort, energy, and insight into an incredible exhaustive exploration of what the Australian Desert means to Australians and how this attitude came about . Especially interesting to me are the sections on Australian Explorers and how their hardships, especially failures, have been transformed into myths. As an American who spent a semester in Australia, taking an Australian Studies course, I found this book supported what I had learned, while futhering my interests. Haynes provides numerous books, films, poems, and works of art in detailed discussions about many big name Australian creatives such as Nolan and White. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to know more about Australian Culture.

I agree with the other reviewer who gave this book 5 stars.

Professor Roslynn Haynes' other books are also recommended.

Explorers of the Southern Sky: A History of Australian Astronomy
(Cambridge University Press, 1996) (co-authored with Raymond Haynes, David Malin and Richard McGee)

From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994)

All the best