a sumptuous record of a time before hipsters
- Written by David Nichols, Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
In 1974, Melbourne publisher Outback Press produced a small book that almost felt like a magazine, perhaps even a fanzine: Into the Hollow Mountains. The book’s cover boldly offered a subtitle: “Photographs by Robert Ashton”.
Even with this overt labelling, the actual work – a celebration of a vigorous working-class suburb...





