| Description |
201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Living with landscape -- Black and white, a trail to understanding / Paddy Roe and Frans Hoogland -- Moving back to country / Laurie Cox and Penny Cox -- Yukirrinya / Nigel Carrick -- I love this land, I was born here / Bob Purvis -- I never ever bought water yet / Karl Hammermeiste -- I miss the sight of water / Cliff Ferrall -- Some people feel the rain, but some just get wet / Betty Westwood -- Will we end up with a muddy palette? / Liz Fenton -- Lanark, a sustainable farm for the future / John Fenton and Cicely Fenton -- The next generation / David Fenton, Paddy Fenton and Amanda Fairbairn-Calvert -- I come from Lake Condah / Johnnie Lovett |
| Summary |
A collection of stories about the relationship people have with the land. The voices that speak to us belong to ordinary Australians living in rural and remote areas. They are pastoralists and graziers, opal miners, environmentalists, former city people, and Aboriginal men and women |
| Analysis |
Aboriginal culture |
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Agroforestry |
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Australian |
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Case studies |
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Farms |
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Land |
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Land degradation |
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Natural resource management |
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Rural areas |
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Rural communities (Australia ) Australian Aboriginal studies |
| Notes |
The voices that speak to us from this remarkable book belong to ordinary Australians living in rural and remote areas. They talk with wisdom and passion about the land - our land. The storytellers are pastoralists and graziers, opal miners, environmentalists, city people, Aboriginal men and women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) |
| Subject |
Cox, Laurie
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Cox, Penny.
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Lovett, Johnnie
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Roe, Paddy, 1912-2001
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Aboriginal Australians -- Anecdotes.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure.
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Australians -- Anecdotes.
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Geographical perception -- Australia.
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Human ecology -- Australia.
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Landscape assessment -- Australia.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Anecdotes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001294
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Author |
Murphy, Phin, author
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| LC no. |
00340443 |
| ISBN |
0522848613 |
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9780522848618 |
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