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Book: Historical Archaeologies of Cognition

Chapter: 7. Assuming the Aspect of a Civilized Place: Methodists in Paradise

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.21641

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This chapter is dedicated to studying the religious landscape of gold rush Queensland and to excavations within the short-lived late nineteenth century boomtown of Paradise where the archaeological survey reveals evidence of Methodist missionary ideology.

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