Taming the Great South Land: A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia
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The Weekend Australia
"Quotations leap from every page; this is a war chest for the greens. . . . His aim is to startle and inform us, to make us realise that while we are tossing another shrimp, probably contaminated, on the barbie, the national environment is falling apart. He does this superbly."
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Canberra Times
"A sustained condemnation of the despoliation of a continent by European rationalist capitalism."
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Taming the Great South Land: A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia
Taming the Great South Land: A History of the Conquest of Nature in Australia,William J. Lines,University of Georgia Press,0820320560,Australia,Australia & New Zealand - Australia,Australia & New Zealand - General,Conservation Of Natural Resources (General),Ecology,Effect of human beings on,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,History,History: World,Landscape changes,Natural History,Natural Resources,Nature,Nature / Field Guide Books,Nature/Ecology
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