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The Reality of Youth in Isolation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Jane Danzi
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Weipa is a small mining town with a population of 3,000, located on the west coast of far North Queensland. The mining of bauxite and kaolin by Comalco Mineral Products provide the reason for Weipa’s existence.

Frequently described as a ‘closed town’, Weipa has no local government authority. All housing is supplied by Comalco and most of the working population is employed by the company. Those not employed by Comalco are mostly government employees or service personnel. Now twenty-six years old, Weipa is facing a possible change from company control to local government management, a move referred to as ‘normalisation’, and one which has evoked mixed feelings.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 16 , Issue 4: Rural Australia in the Nineties , 1991 , pp. 29 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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