Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Backwards to Bourke : Bulldust about Gays in the Bush
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'In his 2006 thesis, “‘Staying Bush’ – A Study of Gay Men Living in Rural Areas”, author Edward Green described his subject as the “largely hidden and untold story of gay men living in rural areas”. That was a pivotal year for gay men living in the bush, with Australian television broadcasters platforming two of their stories. In the space of one 12-month period, this cohort went from “hidden and untold” to prime time. From as early as 1989, rural politician Bob Katter had been declaring that he would “walk to Bourke backwards if the poof population of North Queensland is any more than 0.001 per cent”. Analysing media and popular culture, this article explores the visibility and portrayal of rural gay men in Australia prior to and after 2006. In spite of Katter’s minuscule population estimates, the rural gay cohort continues to defy assumptions.' (Publication abstract)

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    y separately published work icon Journal of Australian Studies Surveilling Minds and Bodies : Sexualities, Medicine and the Law vol. 46 no. 3 2022 24901619 2022 periodical issue 2022 pg. 307-320
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