摘要：This article explores urban-rural migration on the NSW Far North Coast(the 'Northern Rivers' region) and the emergence of popular music as a nichecultural industry. The various images of the NSW Far North Coast as a 'lifestyle'region, 'alternative' region and coastal retreat have attracted a diverse mix of ex-urban professionals, unemployed persons, youth subcultures and retirees, yetdespite population growth, the region continues to suffer unemployment ratesamong the highest in Australia. Against this backdrop, popular music has emerged asa niche industry with linkages to cultural production in Sydney, Melbourne andoverseas, and also an area of creative expression that interacts with, and mediateslocal social relations
关键词：migration; popular music; far north coast NSW; cultural industries; social;relations
