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“Good Riddance to the Stinkin' Place”: Deindustrialisation and Memory at Associated Pulp and Paper Mills in Burnie, Tasmania
As areas have deindustrialised, the factories that once symbolised prosperity and constancy are abandoned. These buildings are imbued with the memories of the workers and local people and can become the site of contest over visions of the past, present and future. In Burnie, Tasmania, the Associated Pulp and Paper Mills factory closed in 2010 and was demolished in 2012. There was a sense of ambivalence around these buildings that had dominated Burnie physically and economically for over 75 years. Their centrality to the town's prosperity and growth went largely uncelebrated and they were demolished to erase memories of the industrial past and frame the future as post-industrial.
History
Publication title
Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social HistoryVolume
109Pagination
149-167ISSN
0023-6942Department/School
TSBEPublisher
Liverpool University PressPlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
© 2015 Australian Society for the Study of Labour HistoryRepository Status
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