Titanic 'down under': ideology, myth and memorialization.

The article focuses on the memorials made by Australia after the tragic shipwreck of RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. It highlights the three mining towns, Kadina, Broken Hill and Ballarat, in which memorials for Titanic were established. It states that the regions were contested for their biased way...

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Published in:	Social History Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 268 - 284
Main Author:	Gregson, Sarah
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2008
Subjects:	Memorials Shipwrecks Titanic (Steamship) Mining districts Cities & towns Narratives Social history Twentieth century Social impact Australia
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost