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Central Australia Today
Central Australia is so geographically, socially and climatically diverse, it's
little wonder there are all kinds of things causing a ruckus around here at
the moment. But despite the ongoing national shame of indigenous welfare
and the usual swag of regional political gripes, it's fair to say that the mood
here is on the up. GFC concerns linger, but major projects, water in the Mur-
ray River and a new, subtle appreciation for the uncrowded wide-open
spaces here are keeping locals smiling.
Best in Film
TThe A
e Desert (Director Stephan Elliott; 1994)
Sequinned Sydney drag queens road-trip to Alice Springs.
SSamson & D
e Addventuures o
s of P
f Priiscilla
illa, Q
, Quueen o
n of th
f the D
elilah (Director Warwick Thornton; 2009) A devastating portrait of
life in a remote outback indigenous community.
SStorm B
n & Delilah
m Boy (Director Henri Safran; 1976) A young boy, his dad and a pelican living
in the Coorong.
Crocodile D
e I & II (Directors Peter Faiman/John Cornell; 1986/88) Central
Australia hits the cinematic jackpot.
Auustralia
dile Duunddee I & II
alia (Director Baz Luhrmann; 2008) Kidman goes to the Kimberley (and
Darwin).
Best in Print
Adela
ide (Kerryn Goldsworthy; 2011) Eccentric, personal biography of Adelaide.
TThe D
delaide
e Dog F
g Fence (James Woodford; 2004) Outback life, people and dingoes.
All Th
All Thiings B
s Brigh
ight a
t and B
d Beauutiiful: Mur
ul: Murdder in th
r in the C
e Ciity o
y of L
f Ligh
ight (Susan Mitchell; 2004)
Repressed evils beneath Adelaide's famed piety.
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r Never (Jeannie Gunn; 1908) Autobiographical account of Gunn's
1902 Top End experiences.
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f the Ne
e Never Ne
Murray River Flows
South Australia − Australia's driest state − is still feeling the flow-on effects from incred-
ible flooding across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria catchments in 2010 and
