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Scary one day, creepy the next

Australia’s small towns and outback communities have a PR problem, as reflected in classic Aussie movies such as Wake in Fright, Wolf Creek and Snowtown.

Novels by Garry Disher and Peter Temple, among a growing number of others, have also used

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