Biggest Estate on Earth by Bill Gammage - ISBN: 9781743311325
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Australia’s landscape: not natural, but carefully managed for millennia.
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Biggest Estate on Earth

How Aborigines made Australia

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    1 June 2012

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Summary

WINNER, Prize for Australian History in the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2012 WINNER, History Book Award in the Queensland Literary Awards 2012 WINNER, Victorian Prize for Literature 2012 WINNER, ACT Book of the Year 2012

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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781743311325
ISBN-10:174331132X
Author:Bill Gammage
Publisher:Allen & Unwin
Imprint:Allen & Unwin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:1 June 2012
Weight:1.05kg
Dimensions:28mm x 172mm x 244mm
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Biggest Estate on Earth by Bill Gammage - ISBN: 9781743311325
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Critics Review

“This bold book, with its lucid prose and vivid illustrations, will be discussed for years to come.”

“A beautiful and profound piece of writing, one that has importance for us all.” –Age
“This bold book, with its lucid prose and vivid illustrations, will be discussed for years to come.” –Australian Book Review

About The Author

Bill Gammage

Bill Gammage AM FASSA is an Australian historian, Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University (ANU). He is also the author of The Broken Years, and The Sky Travellers.

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