Rae Dufty-Jones, University of Western Sydney, Australia and John Connell, University of Sydney, Australia.

’The rural is often imagined as a timeless and unchanging space. However, as this collection’s rich case studies demonstrate, in recent decades non-metropolitan Australia has been radically reconfigured. Through detailed and insightful empirical explorations contributors not only interrogate the nature and implications of rural change, but also contribute to broader theoretical debates about the meaning and efficacy of the term rurality.’ Barbara Pini, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia ’A rich insight into contemporary rural and regional Australia, with well-informed contributions examining the challenges of economic restructuring, demographic change, migration and resource pressures that confront country areas. An invaluable collection for anyone interested in rural change in Australia and beyond.’ Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, UK

• 1: Introduction; 2: The Role of Gender in the Migration Practices and Aspirations of Australian Rural Youth; 3: Urban to Rural Elderly Migration; 4: Immigrant Settlement in Regional Australia; 5: ‘They have no concept of what a farm is'; 6: Difference or Equality? Settlement Dilemmas on the Indigenous Estate; 7: Challenging Mining Workforce Practices; 8: Trajectories of Change in Rural Landscapes; 9: Water Reform in the 21st Century; 10: Rural Place Marketing, Tourism and Creativity; 11: Soft Country? Rural and Regional Australia in Country Style; 12: ‘Not just drought.' Drought, Rural Change and More; 13: Evolving Metabolic Relations

Rae Dufty-Jones, University of Western Sydney, Australia and John Connell, University of Sydney, Australia.

’The rural is often imagined as a timeless and unchanging space. However, as this collection’s rich case studies demonstrate, in recent decades non-metropolitan Australia has been radically reconfigured. Through detailed and insightful empirical explorations contributors not only interrogate the nature and implications of rural change, but also contribute to broader theoretical debates about the meaning and efficacy of the term rurality.’ Barbara Pini, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia ’A rich insight into contemporary rural and regional Australia, with well-informed contributions examining the challenges of economic restructuring, demographic change, migration and resource pressures that confront country areas. An invaluable collection for anyone interested in rural change in Australia and beyond.’ Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, UK

• 1: Introduction; 2: The Role of Gender in the Migration Practices and Aspirations of Australian Rural Youth; 3: Urban to Rural Elderly Migration; 4: Immigrant Settlement in Regional Australia; 5: ‘They have no concept of what a farm is'; 6: Difference or Equality? Settlement Dilemmas on the Indigenous Estate; 7: Challenging Mining Workforce Practices; 8: Trajectories of Change in Rural Landscapes; 9: Water Reform in the 21st Century; 10: Rural Place Marketing, Tourism and Creativity; 11: Soft Country? Rural and Regional Australia in Country Style; 12: ‘Not just drought.' Drought, Rural Change and More; 13: Evolving Metabolic Relations

Rae Dufty-Jones, University of Western Sydney, Australia and John Connell, University of Sydney, Australia.

’The rural is often imagined as a timeless and unchanging space. However, as this collection’s rich case studies demonstrate, in recent decades non-metropolitan Australia has been radically reconfigured. Through detailed and insightful empirical explorations contributors not only interrogate the nature and implications of rural change, but also contribute to broader theoretical debates about the meaning and efficacy of the term rurality.’ Barbara Pini, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia ’A rich insight into contemporary rural and regional Australia, with well-informed contributions examining the challenges of economic restructuring, demographic change, migration and resource pressures that confront country areas. An invaluable collection for anyone interested in rural change in Australia and beyond.’ Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, UK

• 1: Introduction; 2: The Role of Gender in the Migration Practices and Aspirations of Australian Rural Youth; 3: Urban to Rural Elderly Migration; 4: Immigrant Settlement in Regional Australia; 5: ‘They have no concept of what a farm is'; 6: Difference or Equality? Settlement Dilemmas on the Indigenous Estate; 7: Challenging Mining Workforce Practices; 8: Trajectories of Change in Rural Landscapes; 9: Water Reform in the 21st Century; 10: Rural Place Marketing, Tourism and Creativity; 11: Soft Country? Rural and Regional Australia in Country Style; 12: ‘Not just drought.' Drought, Rural Change and More; 13: Evolving Metabolic Relations