A sweltering afternoon: Herberton, Far North Queensland

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.18.2.2019.3709

Keywords:

tropical, Australia, memory, Far North Queensland, Gothic, remoteness

Abstract

This short prose comprises childhood recollections interspersed with a brief contemporary travel ‘memoir’, juxtaposing past and present narratives in a limited gothic style. It conveys a sense of the sultry ambience of far north Queensland’s tablelands region, inland from Cairns, with a particular focus on Herberton, a town in the ‘dry tropics’, with a mining history.

Author Biography

Tass Holmes, University of Melbourne

Dr Tass Holmes is a natural therapist and academic, with broad professional and live experience. She obtained a PhD in 2015 from the University of Melbourne in Australia. Tass works as a lecturer at Melbourne University, and spends much of her time writing.

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Published

2019-10-18

How to Cite

Holmes, T. (2019). A sweltering afternoon: Herberton, Far North Queensland. ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.25120/etropic.18.2.2019.3709