Port Kembla: A Memoir

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Port Kembla: A memoir is the story of a steel town and its movers and shakers. As Pam Menzies explores the lives lived in the shadow of the Steelworks, she reflects on the rise, fall, and future revival of Port Kembla.

Book Information

Release date	02-2019
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781925801590
ISBN10	1925801594
Author:	Pam Menzies
Publisher:	Arcadia

SKU: 651 Categories: Australian History, Memoir, New South Wales History, Non-fiction

Description

Port Kembla: A memoir is the story of a steel town and its movers and shakers like the entrepreneurial Hoskins and Ted Roach, the wharfies’ leader, who were part of Port Kembla’s rise to twentieth century industrial dominance. Pam Menzies follows three generations of her family, exploring lives lived in the shadow of the famous Steelworks, a busy Wentworth Street during its 1950s heyday, the waves of migrants who arrived seeking work, and the parallel lives of the Wadi-Wadi, the original inhabitants. She considers the reasons behind the town’s decline and its prospects for a revitalised future.

Reviewed in Honest History on 1 April 2019.