ISBN:
9781742377483
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiii, 434 p)
,
col. ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Biggest Estate on Earth : How Aborigines made Australia
DDC:
305.89915
Keywords:
Natural resources Management
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History
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Aboriginal Australians Agriculture
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History
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Land use Management
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History
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Aboriginal Australians -- Agriculture -- History
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Land use -- Australia -- Management -- History
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Natural resources -- Australia -- Management -- History
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Australia -- History
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Electronic books
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Australia History
Abstract:
"Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country estate in England. Bill Gammage has discovered this was because Aboriginal people managed the land in a far more systematic and scientific fashion than we have ever realised. For over a decade he has examined written and visual records of the Australian landscape. He has uncovered an extraordinarily complex system of land management using fire, the life cycles of native plants, and the natural flow of water to ensure plentiful wildlife and plant foods throughout the year. We know Aboriginal people spent far less time and effort than Europeans in securing food and shelter ... . With details of land-management strategies from around Australia, The biggest estate on earth rewrites the history of this continent, with huge implications for us today."--Dust cover
Description / Table of Contents:
""Part title ""; ""Title Page""; ""Dedication ""; ""Thomas Mitchell & Oswald Brierly quotes""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Thanks""; ""Sources""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Definitions""; ""Foreword""; ""Australia in 1788""; ""Introduction � The Australian estate""; ""1 � Curious landscapes""; ""2 � Canvas of a continent""; ""Why was Aboriginal land management possible?""; ""3 � The nature of Australia""; ""4 � Heaven on earth""; ""5 � Country""; ""How was land managed?""; ""6 � The closest ally""; ""7 � Associations""; ""8 � Templates""; ""9 � A capital tour""
Description / Table of Contents:
""10 � Farms without fences""""Invasion""; ""11 � Becoming Australian""; ""Appendix 1 � Science, historyand landscape""; ""Appendix 2 � Current botanical names for plants named with capitals in the text""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-415) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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