Defending The Little Desert
The Rise of Ecological Consciousness in Australia
$52.99
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
11 October 1998
Summary
The Little Desert dispute of 1968 was a watershed in Australian environmental politics, marking the beginning of a new consciousness of nature.
In 1968, Sir William McDonald, Victoria’s Minister of Lands, announced a rural settlement scheme for the Little Desert in Victoria’s far north-west. The conservation campaign that ensued was one of unprecedented vehemence and sophistication. It cost McDonald his parliamentary seat and consigned the Little Desert Settlement Scheme to oblivion.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522848311 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522848311 |
| Author: | Libby Robin |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 11 October 1998 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 44mm x 131mm x 201mm |
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Libby Robin
Libby Robin is an independent non-fiction writer and prize-winning author whose work explores museums and environmental ideas. She works with museums in Australia, Germany, Estonia and Norway. Her books include The Flight of the Emu (2001), How a Continent Created a Nation (2007) and The Environment: A History of the Idea (2018).
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